It’s been a bungee jump of a year in American politics. Last spring, the GOP seemed poised to ride a Red Tsunami in the coming midterm elections. Democrats rallied over the summer and appeared to have ...

In 1948, on a train called the Presidential Special, Harry Truman took to the rails to salvage a campaign many people thought he could not win. Undeterred, Truman told his staff, “I’m going to fight ...