A receptionist picks up the phone at DNC headquarters, a modern office building in the shadow of an overpass half a mile south of the Capitol. It’s a reporter on the line, calling to ask about the poll numbers that have begun leaking out of the networks. It looks like some surprising Democratic wins. “Which makes it kind of a shame you’re not having a party,” the reporter adds. The DNC has announced through every possible grapevine over the past two days that there will be no post-election party this year because we never hold them for off-year elections. That’s news to the reporters who’ve been calling all afternoon. They figure that the Democrats are either (a) strapped for cash or (b) worried they’ll get blown out.
“Oh, but we are having a party!” the receptionist interrupts. “Get over here at 8 o’clock!”
So it was (b). And they’re not worried anymore.
Reported by the staff of THE WEEKLY STANDARD
