There’s a somewhat puzzling and ongoing contretemps roiling leftist politics these days: Why is the Democratic National Committee still refusing to release its post-2024 election “autopsy” report?

Let’s acknowledge, right out of the gate, that the usefulness of such assessments is, at best, disputable. After the Republicans issued an in-depth analysis following their 2012 election loss, conservative voters proceeded to ignore its central pillar takeaways at the very next opportunity, nominating Donald Trump for president in 2016. He defied expectations and won.