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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: epicure who wrote (41186)9/9/2007 9:33:08 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) of 541430
 
You can say that, but most of the liberal battles have been won, imo- and the country is just getting more tolerant all the time, and more leftist :-)

I agree on the social side, but as I typed in my post to Sam, I think the political culture slides right/conservative. Women's right to choose grows more endangered; the safety net is, while not shredded, certainly frayed with the momentum on privatization of everything; the tax cut mantra is still the dominant one so we continue down the debtor nation slope (not exactly conservative but Reagan managed to secure it for the conservatives); political programs to correct discrimination are on the defensive; etc.

Perhaps the cultural drift you see will worm its way into the political culture more vigorously. And it might if the early primaries include more large states.

Wonderful posts.
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