The problem Democrats aren't dealing with

Washington Post - With everything going their way in the final weeks before an election in which Democrats will almost certainly win control of the House and possibly the Senate, many are beginning to raise the question: What then?

….In past midterm elections, the party out of power has felt the need to brand itself with a concrete set of policy proposals. In 1994, when Republicans regained control of the House for the first time in four decades, they touted a 10-point plan they dubbed their “Contract with America.” It included poll-tested measures such as bills requiring members of Congress to live under laws it applied to the rest of America, adding a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution and imposing congressional term limits.

When Democrats took that majority back in 2006, their rallying cry was “Six for 06.″ Their package included raising the minimum wage and allowing Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices.

Though these promises helped shape a governing blueprint for the new House majorities, many died in the Senate.

This year, President Donald Trump’s unpopularity alone may be enough to carry the day for Democrats. “Democrats essentially win this election by making it all about Trump,” said Kevin Kosar, a senior fellow and specialist in Congress at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.