It’s tempting to wonder, if you are a political obsessive of a particular vintage, what former Senator Jim Webb might have made of the 2024 election results. It was the party’s most impressive showing since the Clinton presidency, especially when taken with Nancy Pelosi’s simultaneous capture of the House of Representatives. That fall’s “thumping,” to recall Bush’s memorable coinage , saw Democrats finally revenge themselves for the Swiftboating of John Kerry, the Supreme Court’s intervention