Despite polling well in ways which should give them a chance at winning both houses of Congress, the Democrats have two significant challenges heading into this year’s midterm elections.

The first one is a problem of nostalgia narrative. When they ran against Trump in the midterm elections of 2018, the Democrats could pander to nostalgia for Barack Obama. Rightly or wrongly, the first Black president stirred up yearning during Trump’s first term. He had his many economic and imperial problems, but his story was ripe for liberal reminiscence—especially in the desire to reign in the venal Trump. Can’t we just go back to the respectable Negro with the nice wife and their perfect children? was a strong selling point in repudiating the first Trump administration. No such narrative exists this time around.

The other major problem for the Democrats is the same one that’s dogged them for three straight years: Palestine.…