Think about that for a second. A member of the Aristocracy, who attended all the right parties and was in lots of important meetings (and has all the right views), and a local legislator in touch with the people.
This is the story with any number of elections, and it's always some "former administration" official against a local guy. A guy "with far away connections" and a guy who knows the local streets.
How conservative is Donnelly? I would love to see Brown get taken out...
That's actually a clever turn of phrase.
Donnelly shows up to townhalls, moved his office up to the high desert to be closer to us, and has frequent open houses. He is what he appears to be.
Yes, it’s the quintessential example of the contrast. In everyday language one can say it’s the A1 textbook example of the larger conflict.