Democrats can prevail in the culture war. But they won't like the winning move.

'It's the economy, stupid' isn't enough right now

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"Dems should treat cultural arguments as winnable."

This assertion by Greg Sargent of The Washington Post may well be true. But if so, it marks a break from longstanding conventional wisdom and would require far more circumspect politicking than Democrats have shown themselves capable of recent years.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.