The Democrats lack killer instinct

The abortion issue should have been a killer for the Republicans but they face a weak-kneed rival in the Democrats, who are as timid as liberals the world over

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I don't know which way next week’s U.S. midterms will go, but the Democrats' timidity is doing them no favors. It is a deficiency liberals manifest all around the world, and unless this is fixed authoritarians might come to dominate our era.

Could prospects ahead of the midterms have been better? I think so, and here's w…