The Buckeye State has grown redder and redder. The Democratic congressman could reverse thatâand start to revive the Democratsâ working-class identity. by Timothy Noah
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Tom Emmer Is the Republican Partyâs Stealth Bomber Back in Minnesota, Emmer made his name as a fringe firebrand. Now head of the NRCC, heâs learned to mute his rhetoricâmostlyâand is quietly climbing the ladder of House Republican leadership. by Patrick Caldwell
