This Is The Loneliest Man In Congress

Will 2014 spell doom for the last white House Democrat in the Deep South? THE best political ad of the 2012 election involved Congressman John Barrow and his favourite guns. A Democrat who represents a conservative part of Georgia, Mr Barrow used his 30-second spot to woo two very different groups of voters, both numerous in his district: government-loathing rural whites, and blacks seeking protection against injustice. "Long before I was born, my grandfather used this little Smith & Wesson here...