Sullivan on the Ropes

Sullivan on the latest Democratic Debate:

But the responsible rhetoric, stilted language, and long, literate paragraphs that came out of the Democrats tonight were a reminder that this has been the party of Adlai Stevenson, Walter Mondale, and Michael Dukakis.

The obvious loser was Senator Clinton.

Naturally, I'm among those that's pretty proud of my party's technocratic tradition. We like getting things accomplished. I can live with that. As such, there's a good deal of merit I feel I can point to in the names that Sullivan lists. But given that all three of them lost, am I the only one that sees his exception of Hillary as ... a GOOD thing???