For the Democrats, the message is clear: the only way to stave off the potentially enormous defeat that recent polls suggest is possible is by taking two specific steps. First, to the extent possible, Democratic candidates need to do what Joe Sestak did in Pennsylvania, and what Bill Halter did in Arkansas: run against Washington, against the congressional leadership, and indeed against the entire establishment.

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