WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans from sharply conservative House districts have won recent elections by promising to “never compromise.” Now some Democrats are eyeing the same motto for their primaries.
Liberal activists appear frustrated by the absence of a potent challenger from the left to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential hopes. Some are turning their energies to congressional and mayoral races.
Key liberal groups in Maryland are attacking a well-regarded Senate candidate for his earlier refusal to rule out bipartisan deals that could combine tax increases with cuts in the projected growth of Medicare and Social Security. These liberals demand no nicks in such social programs, even if conservatives bend on tax hikes and other matters.
Democratic insiders question how far the strategy might spread in a party that generally wants government to work.