Congressman Jim Marshall: Partisan politics to blame for loss of middle ground

From The Macon Telegraph:

The extremes of party politics have sapped the middle-of-the-road leadership out of American politics, and the partisan process behind the drawing of congressional voting districts is to blame, U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall said Monday.

The redistricting process - handled in Georgia by the General Assembly - should be nonpartisan, Marshall, D-Ga., said. Currently there are so many "safe" Republican and Democrat districts designed to protect one party or the other that candidates cater to voters in the extremes of their own party instead of the electorate as a whole, he said.