Since When Did Unionized Autoworkers Become Republican and Family Farmers and Doctors Become Democrats?

When David Brooks is not busy trying to destroy Social Security, he is often making grand pronouncements that make no obvious sense. Today he tells readers that the economy is being divided into an efficient globally competitive sector that has lots of productivity gains but few jobs and a moribund sector that is uncompetitive but has lots of jobs. The distinction is not especially new (or accurate), but Brooks adds the twist:

"Republicans often live in and love the efficient globalized...