Isn't this untenable over the medium and long term? SR
> Off Base
> Washington Democrats think their core voters are barking mad.
>
> It has occurred to me that both parties increasingly dislike their
> bases, but for different reasons and to different degrees. By both
> parties I mean the leaders and representatives of the Democrats and
> Republicans in Washington. I believe I correctly observe that they
> feel an increasing intellectual estrangement from and impatience with
> the activists who people their base of support.
>
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