There are people who don’t like how political parties zealously defend their constituencies, regardless of their overall popular status. I am not one of them. It’s good we live in a country where minority rights are protected, where one political party can act as an effective check to the ideas of the other party.

I’m a Democrat. I’ve always been one. But I’m glad that Republicans vigorously defend those who they represent and act to restrain the progressive agenda. Not because progressives have bad ideas – many are quite valid – but because some progressive ideas while good for the constituencies that they represent are bad or even devastating for other constituencies.

In many ways I believe today’s democracy has never been healthier.