SAY "POPULIST" AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF FAIR TRADE. Tom's right, by the way. Democrats should be damn proud of themselves for so rapidly repelling the spin that the 2006 election augured a resurgence of traditional conservatism. Moreover, they were able to actually replace it with a more appealing, appropriate narrative: The rise of the populists. That's the sort of fight liberals used to lose, but this time, in no small part due to the blogs, magazines like this one, and the facts, the Republican message machine was overwhelmed. As the kids say: w00t! --Ezra Klein
