New playbook? Yes! 

But also new leadership. It is time for a changing-of-the-guard. I think the current long-time Democratic Party leaders are themselves too entrenched in the status-quo to be all that effective in this new paradigm.

In the meantime make sure the Republican party gets credit for all the good, and blame for all the not-so-good, that happens under their watch, For the betterment of  the country  I hope for good, but I  suspect the Republican Party will end up shouldering a whole lot of criticism --- rightly so, and with only themselves to blame.