Recorded Delivery nardos naturals today Political parties and candidates are increasingly playing the politics of personality, instead of actually discussing policy. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat seeking to make background checks for gun purchases more uniform, is being targeted by the NRA in an ad putting him next to a (seemingly darkened) picture of President Obama, as though it's the agreement with the president so despised by conservatives that is at issue, as opposed to gun policy. And Massachusetts GOP Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez is fighting accusations that he'd be just like Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. It's all about picking teams, instead of picking sides on an issue – let alone compromising.
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