Methinks the Professor has adopted premises that would never fly at this venue. What he thinks is practical politics simply reflects the false premises so common in the shallow world of contemporary American Academia.
What we need is not an echo--to paraphrase Phyllis Schlafly's classic from 1960--but a real choice--else what is the point?!
William Flax
Paul has already come out against conservatives.
And Chris Christie, who Zelizer seemed to think a threat, is another echo.