"There's an Enormous Dignity Gap in the Culture"

"Longtime Democratic consultant Joe Trippi muses that prominent liberal politicians would face a penalty from voters if they skipped straight from government office to goofy reality shows. 'I think a lot of Democrats would think it lacked seriousness,' he says. '"With all the things that you could be doing with the experience you built up, that's what you decided to do with it?"'"

Joanna Weiss at Politico discusses the rise of reality-television Republicans.