From The Economist: For all their flaws, primary fights in safe conservative districts often raise large questions: about the proper role of government, or whether bipartisan compromise amounts to treachery. In Mr Rangel’s ultra-safe district, those likely to vote in Democratic primaries tend to want as much government as possible: they disagree only on how to divide up the spoils. That is one message to draw from Mr Rangel’s fight for a 23rd term: the president’s post-racial brand of Democratic politics has shallow roots. Another: Democrats are short of new ideas.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:34:23 +0000
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