Shellacking, the Sequel: Tuesday's rout again revealed the limits of the modern Democratic coalition.

The National Journal reports:

For Democrats, the miserable 2014 election resembled one of those horror-movie sequels where the plucky survivor inexplicably finds herself back in the haunted house with Jason or Freddy.

Tuesday's resounding Republican sweep closely followed the script of the GOP's landslide in 2010, and it exposed perhaps even more deeply the limits of the modern Democratic coalition—while underscoring the party's persistent inability to convince enough whites that they will benefit from activist government.

The establishment speaks.