Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s call for a U.S. “strategy of smart power” abroad signals a more bipartisan approach and the end of a strategy based on American exceptionalism, writes Charles Lemos. The new three-seat margin for Democrats on most Senate committees is one benefit of what’s expected to be a 59-seat Democratic conference once Al Franken is certified as the winner of his Minnesota race, writes Todd Beeton.