That phrase used to refer, quaintly, to something that occurs on a Tuesday in November. This is written on a Tuesday, the 15th day of the election. But the stunning asymmetry evident in Florida is the ferocity gap.
Democrats fight for power with a frenzy born of . . .
Partly of material greed. The Democratic Party is, increasingly, government's incarnation as an interest group. But the differences are titanic to Democrats dependent on government. Gore's vote this year reversed Clinton's broadening of the party's appeal. George W. Bush won a majority of white Catholics and white women, and made gains with Hispanics, young voters and moderate-income voters.