It's fascinating how completely the two parties differ in this regard. Intra-coalition allocation of patronage to specific groups is just fundamental to how the Democrats operate. And it has really no equivalent on the Republican side. Nobody's ever saying, well, the last nominee was a Mormon so for this spot we need an Evangelical, and …
It's fascinating how completely the two parties differ in this regard. Intra-coalition allocation of patronage to specific groups is just fundamental to how the Democrats operate. And it has really no equivalent on the Republican side. Nobody's ever saying, well, the last nominee was a Mormon so for this spot we need an Evangelical, and after that we should really try to find something for an atheist Ayn Rand devotee. Everybody agrees on No More Souters, and that's pretty much it.
Not making a value judgment one way or another. It's just a really interesting difference, and one that I'm under the impression goes back a very long way, to well before the advent of contemporary identity politics.
It's fascinating how completely the two parties differ in this regard. Intra-coalition allocation of patronage to specific groups is just fundamental to how the Democrats operate. And it has really no equivalent on the Republican side. Nobody's ever saying, well, the last nominee was a Mormon so for this spot we need an Evangelical, and after that we should really try to find something for an atheist Ayn Rand devotee. Everybody agrees on No More Souters, and that's pretty much it.
Not making a value judgment one way or another. It's just a really interesting difference, and one that I'm under the impression goes back a very long way, to well before the advent of contemporary identity politics.