Paradigm shift? A better title for a summary of "The Cat in the Bag" might be something like "Synopsis" or "Prologue." Why use the term "paradigm shift"? Isn't it just another overworked buzz word from the late twentieth century? Maybe so, but in this case, the terminology fits. "The Cat in the Bag" describes a fundamental change in the way we view American politics. There is something different going on, and it is seen in its purest form through the actions and methods of the Democratic Party in the early twenty-first century. A political party, you might think, is nothing more than a way of...