Lincoln would weep, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne tells us, if he could look today at the state of his party, talking of states’ rights, downsizing government, riddled with birthers and nuts. But times change, and crises change with them. Lincoln never dealt with trillions in deficits, unpopular health care bills, and an exploding bureaucracy. And if he could weep, what would the Democrats’ icons say to the current state of their party? What would Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman say to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi? What would John Kennedy have said to Ted Kennedy’s deportment and record? Probably nothing good.