Jackie Calmes: “Tops among the up-and-comers are two new governors, Wes Moore and Josh Shapiro, who demolished Trump-backed Republicans in November. Moore, an Army veteran of Afghanistan, former Rhodes Scholar, author and investment banker, is the first Black governor of Maryland. Shapiro, former

“Somebody on Twitter was like, ‘Oh, you’re gonna lose your next election because you won’t have their donor list.’ And I was like: Bitch, I’ve never seen a donor list in my life. Is the party supposed to help you fundraise? I’ve literally never heard of that. The national Democrats never noticed

Gerald Seib: “The movement to weaken the national party structures that began in 1968 has reached its logical result: The power of the two national party organizations has declined so dramatically that they sometimes appear to be bystanders to a political system in which they were once central

A new Gallup poll finds that a record 49% of Americans see themselves as politically independent — the same as the two major parties put together.

“Nine of the top 10 wealthiest congressional districts are represented by Democrats, while Republicans now represent most of the poorer half of the country,” Axios reports. “The last several decades have ushered in a dramatic political realignment, as the GOP has broadened its appeal to a more