Publication: The American Prospect
Publication Date: 01-NOV-05
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Baird, Brian ; Kuttner, Robert

Article Excerpt
IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHERE to begin to respond to your recent article by Robert Kuttner and Asheesh Siddique, "The Defectors" [October]. It is fraught with error and epitomizes much of why the left loses elections and has stayed in the minority for more than a decade now.

Both your facts and your reasoning are deeply flawed. Let me cite your references to my own district as an example. Most glaring is your anachronistic mention of my "predecessor," Don Bonker. In fact, my good friend Congressman Bonker, who even for his time was a very centrist Democrat, has not served in Congress since 1989--more than 15 years ago! Since then, the district has twice changed shape and composition through redistricting. What is more, the district's demographics...



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