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'A wave can hide a lot of weaknesses': Dems question if they'll learn anything
A favorable political environment has allowed the Democratic Party to paper over persistent problems.
Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PMBy By Lauren Fedor, Jason Beeferman, Erin Doherty and Lisa Kashinsky3 min readpolitics

A favorable political environment has allowed the Democratic Party to paper over persistent problems.
A favorable political environment has allowed the Democratic Party to paper over persistent problems.