E. J. Dionne has a bit of good news today in his editorial in today’s Daily News Record, “Issues This Year ‘Moving the Democrats’ Way.” He supports Barack Obama’s new political voice by pointing out the recent election success of Democrat Don Cazayoux in Louisiana. It seems that the Republican Party has had the 6th District in their pockets for 33 years. They ran the usually successful campaign of “slash and burn,” “guilt by association,” and “tax and spend.” They lost.