Ruffini and Ambinder Debate Town Halls: Energy at the Edges Moves the Center

Patrick Ruffini on town hall protesters: “Take as an object lesson the Bush Administration’s treatment of the anti-war movement. Early on, they were, in words Marc used, easy to mock… However, the left ultimately won the political argument about the war… because the ever-increasing chorus of opposition eventually ignited a media backlash against the war.”