Tom Holsinger
2007-07-06 10:27:41
This is about campaign contributions, not ratings. Congresscritters care only about their next election, which here is a primary, not a general election.
So they’re doing their best to sop up all available campaign contributions to deny those to potential primary opponents. That means appealing to the Democratic leftie base at all costs regardless of what this does to them in the general election.
Gerrymandering pretty much protects them in the general election. So only primaries count, for most of them, and that means protecting themselves against challengers to their left.
