The middle is where the lobbyists are

This New York Times news story notes with concern how the liberals won two liberal-vs-moderate Democratic primaries in Pennsylvania. This “foreshadows an even more polarized Congress next year,” the Times warns, quoting Blue Dog Democrat Mike Ross: “So the Democrats run to their corner. The Republicans run to their corner, and as a result the country is being run by the extremes.”

But if we’re playing the game of troubling trends in Washington and bipartisan concern for good government, which the mainstream media is always trying to play, why not mention that centrists are far more likely than their more ideological counterparts to do the bidding of lobbyists and special interest groups.