Barrow survives in the 12th District because he has cobbled together a coalition that is well suited to that largely rural, conservative district. Like a craftsman of a disappearing art form, he is the last successful practitioner of the old Yellow Dog Democrat formula, and he deserves respect for that. But that formula represents the party’s past, not its future.
The coalition that in time will make Democrats competitive again in Georgia will include suburban and urban moderates, professional women, black voters, young people and the state’s ethnically diverse immigrant community.
via Ga. Democrats still wander political wilderness | Jay Bookman | www.ajc.com.
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