Is ‘Overreach’ Dead?

A change in conventional wisdom might liberate Democrats.

The conventional wisdom does not turn often but when it does, it’s wow.

The conventional wisdom, or the CW, used to warn the Democratic Party against moving too far left for fear of handing victory next year to Donald Trump.

Pick someone safe, the CW said—someone “moderate” and “electable.” But something is happening now. The CW is turning, and “overrea…