Democrats Are in Power, but Republicans Are Still Setting the Political Agenda

To the extent he had one, Joe Biden’s core campaign promise was that if he was elected, “nothing would fundamentally change.” In one respect, arguably above all others, that prediction has proven correct: Republicans are still driving the country’s political agenda, even though they are out of power in the White House and Congress.

The GOP has managed to do that for two key reasons: first, because the dominant wing of the Democratic Party has repeatedly failed to present the country with a compelling political vision, and second, because Republicans...