David Brooks: The Alternate History

The Democrats could be heading toward a defeat of historic proportions in November, but it is possible to imagine a scenario in which things might have turned out differently:

Since things on planet Earth, or, rather, Eaarth, aren't going to so well, we're seeing more people propose counterfactuals.

I don't buy all of what conservative columnist David Brooks put forward in his NYT column, "The Alternate History" — the Democratic defeat is going to be grim, but unlikely to break historical...