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I am getting the feeling that we may be seeing a repeat of 1994 this November. The election of Obama in 2008, like most victories for the Democrats at the national level was achieved on the promise that a Democratic victory would bring significant social change. As those promises have proven hollow (in Obama's case, just look at the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, his proposals for health care etc.) The result is that in later elections, turnout from from more progressive voters becomes depressed. Meanwhile, turnout from conservative voters increases, as they become mobilized to defeat the "socialistic" Democrats. Hence, victories for the GOP. How many times have we seen this pattern repeated? Meanwhile in Massachusetts, the GOP candidate, Scott Brown, has managed to make quite a fight of it for Ted Kennedy's former seat, and if the most recent polls are to be believed, he may well win the thing. Even if he doesn't this will inevitably put the fear of God into the DP. Jim F. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Louis Proyect <[email protected]> Subject: [Marxism] Labor backs down Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:56:24 -0500 ====================================================================== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. ====================================================================== http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2010/01/14/healthcare_deal/print.html Labor backs down, agrees to healthcare deal A big win for the White House: Unions will support healthcare reform, even with a tax on expensive insurance plans Mike Madden Jan. 14, 2010 | ____________________________________________________________ Nutrition Improve your career health. Click now to study nutrition! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=x0O4jU6M-xmq5jbEq5UUSAAAJ1BRugI4sJACAWmXIev8NAFPAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASQwAAAAA= ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
