Letters to the Editor
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I guess you're right, dog-walker
about Donna Brazile's response being an important message to get out. I suppose I was just railing against Paul Begala's insistence on pushing the divisive themes even as Hillary herself seemed to be signaling that it was time to begin unification.
Perhaps I meant to say more clearly that I wish Joan had presented it as a kudos to Brazile rather than some even-handed, look-at-these-two-go-at-it, distant kind of way. I feel like Joan herself should have been more like, "Hey, we need to heed Donna Brazile here and eschew the Begalian tendency to cling to identity politics." Because I really, really do resent this assumed superiority Clinton has to represent the blue-collar workers. I don't dismiss the real divide in the Democratic party, not so much based on race but on class. But I reject out of hand the absurd notion that Hillary's policies in any way champion the working class's interests more than Obama's policies.
Does that make sense? (If not, I can come up with something else for you ;)