What Democrats—and Republicans—can learn from Raphael Warnock
He is drawing on old sources to create a wiser politics
Democrats are celebrating Senator Raphael Warnock’s victory in Georgia’s run-off election because, with 51 votes in the chamber, they will have an easier time confirming judges and other appointees. Republicans should be sighing with relief they will not spend six years dreading confounding disclosures about Mr Warnock’s opponent, Herschel Walker.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Defender of the faith”
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