“Remember Who You Are”: Michael Kazin Interviews Ohio’s Sherrod Brown

Mention the Democrats in Congress, and the emotional response of most left-leaning Americans will veer from moderate disappointment to frothing cynicism. Some pols fail to live up to their own hype as zealous reformers, while others seem mainly concerned with boosting their own power by pleasing the wealthy and avoiding taking any stand that might lose them votes at the next election. I have no idea how many representatives and senators fit either description, but I do know that Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio does not.