Mean Spirits in the GOP
by TChris
Since Hillary Clinton is a lock to be reelected to her senate seat, it's difficult to understand why the GOP candidates battling for a primary win are being so vicious to each other.
[John] Spencer and [Kathleen] McFarland have engaged in one of the strangest primary campaigns the state has seen in recent years - a frothy and often torrid soap opera that has delighted New York's infamous tabloids while puzzling political observers. The contest has been dominated by tales of adultery, child sexual abuse, elitism and nepotism, with a bit of teenage shoplifting thrown in.
Is the answer that Republican candidates are so mean-spirited by nature that they can't resist being nasty, turning a meaningless primary faceoff into "a pointless exercise in personal humiliation"?
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