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To: Lane3 who wrote (99872)2/11/2005 10:19:00 AM
From: LindyBill  Respond to of 793712
 
Good piece, I thought. Hard to see how it would play out, though.

Yes. He was trying to come to grips with the hard left turn of the Democrats. But when a party loses strength, it is always the moderates that are out of power. The ideologues keep the reins and turn the party even further to their side.

The Republicans are having this problem in reverse. As their numbers grow in the House and Senate, the new members tend to be from the middle. So the ability of Republican ideologues to pass their agenda is not as strong as it first appears.



To: Lane3 who wrote (99872)2/11/2005 11:08:00 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793712
 

Good piece, I thought. Hard to see how it would play out, though

It was a great piece. I sent it to one of my leftie Democrat friends to rub his nose a bit about Howard Dean. :)

If Clinton couldn't drag the party to the center for good, no one can. It's a failed national party, IMO. The DLC folks should "fork" the party and start fresh. They have enough superstars and probably can peal enough of the money machine away to make it work.

Derek


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