Carpe diem

Democrats are moving quickly to harness grass-roots anger over Donald Trump's first weeks in office in hopes of reclaiming the House majority in next year’s midterms. As of this week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is hiring full-time operatives to do political organizing work in 20 key GOP-held districts, including that of Rep. Ed Royce of Fullerton, in what is an unusually early investment in House races that won't have declared candidates for months. New Mexico Rep. Ben Ray Luján is heading up the effort. Senate Democrats should do the same in every state with a contest next year.