Conn Carroll: Can Republicans win big by going small?

President Obama’s second term isn’t even a week old, and already Washington is eagerly analyzing the fight to find his successor.

Politico’s Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman recently handicapped the Democratic field, writing: “Almost as soon as the echo of Obama’s inaugural address fades and he instantly becomes a lame duck, Democrats are going to have to face a central and unresolved question about their political identity: Will they become a center-left, DLC-by-a-different-name party or return to a populist, left-leaning approach? … Democrats must decide whether they want to be principally known as the party of Rahm Emanuel or the party of Elizabeth Warren.”