On a list of people who should be banned from ever dishing out advice on how to win national elections, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is certainly near the top.

But here he is the day after Christmas with utmost confidence that he knows what is and isn’t necessary for the Democrats’ quest to defeat President Trump in 2020. (Stephens identifies as a conservative but coincidentally happens to share the same goals as Democrats, much like every other “conservative” writer in the national newspapers.)