Photo-Illustration: New York Magazine; Photos Matt Wilson/Comedy Central’s The Daily Show This article was featured in New York ’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here . Since last November’s election defeat, the Democratic Party has been subject to an endless battery of postmortems, and a shadow primary is already being fought over who’s got the formula to bring it back to life. Michigan senator Elissa Slotkin characterized the party’s image as “weak and woke” and in need of “alpha energy.”