Columnist shares advice to address Dems' big talent pool weakness: Break free from D.C.

Much of the post-election analysis centers on what Democrats might have done better in messaging, organizing, or holding onto blocs of voters that seemed to splinter away.

A less-discussed issue Democrats need to look hard at, wrote Matt Bai for The Washington Post, is how dependent the party has become on Washington, D.C. for its talent pool.

"It has now been 28 years since Democrats last nominated a presidential candidate who hadn’t first served in the U.S. Senate," wrote Bai. "In the past 60 years...