Good story yesterday in Wall Street Journal about Democratic Party gains in the South. The story is shaped around a strong Democrat with a good shot of taking a Republican congressional seat in Alabama. The template, of course, is the Arkansas Democratic success story. These are not Nancy Pelosi Democrats. But they are Democrats. Even Rep. Mike Ross is right once in a while. Boozman? Almost never.

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