The story of the election: Democrats have no story

William Saletan writes that "the big lesson of this election: The Democratic Party has failed to sell the public a story about how Democrats would fix the economy."

Democratic strategist Stanley Greenberg says that "Democrats can't win [Congress] race by race. You can't expect to run better campaigns, recruit better campaigns, spend more money.... It's Democrats above all who need big ideas, who need to create an election that is about something."

Joe Conason writes that "Democrats would do well to recall the combative stance adopted by the Republicans after losing both houses of Congress and the presidency in 1992. They can begin by examining the real reasons for this narrow but awful defeat, without flinching."