A LOT OF PEOPLE have asked me what the Tennessee primary elections show. Well, they show that Lamar Alexander still has that old, er, magic. If you want more, here’s the analysis story from my local paper, which says that Democrats are running to the right. This seems on-target to me. The Democratic primaries were mostly about who would protect gun rights the most, and who wouldn’t raise taxes. I don’t know if this is a national trend, but if so it suggests that even if the Democrats recapture the House there won’t be as much change in hot-button issues as you might expect, because the new members they’ll get will be voting like Republicans on those issues.