The Democrats' daughters

摘要

Headline-writers are ready to call 2014 a banner year for Republicans. They point to signs that the mid-term elections in November will leave Democrats in a minority in both chambers of Congress. That may be right. But after visiting Kentucky, scene of a Senate race that threatens to set records for expense and nasti-ness, Lexington wonders whether historians may view 2014 as something else: the year when Democratic women were placed front and centre in efforts to reconnect with ordinary voters.