I'm with Doyle on this. A phony "center-left" Obama administration would accomplish nothing in its 16 month interregnum until the inevitable sharp center-right-turn correction for the congressional mid-terms. Events, not personnel, are going to determine whether Obama can restore the neo-liberal hegemony.
This is the Clinton-costume-party phase of the drama. But we're not in Kansas, any more, Toto. And it's not 1992 all over again. On 11/22/08, Doyle Saylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings Economists, > I can't see LP's comments as in the ball park. There are two obvious > things happening, first the flow against racism in electing Obama is a > definite left drift. Palin can't represent that nor any of like elements in > the republicans. > > Secondly, the bad economy discredits neo-liberal economics. > > In light of those facts, it is inconceivable that a shift right can happen > in the U.S. back to failed policies. The real question is what happens to > the war machine as the economy declines? I would expect that the wars don't > go well because the global economy won't permit a good resolution for U.S. > hegemonic power. A right shift might emerge in trying to address threats > from the outside U.S. hegemonic power. Mainly in the sense that a hegemonic > shift invites new options for the power. > > I welcome Obama going to the right center. This offers the same prospects > as did Bush to push things left in the U.S. The working class freed of > racist illusions is much more likely to unite behind their interests. This > uniting is likely to scare the right and polarize the U.S., but in a wholly > new context. > thanks, > Doyle Saylor > On Nov 22, 2008, at 9:18 AM, Michael Perelman wrote: > > > > I was half rooting for Bush to win following the same logic as Lou, > > worrying that a Gore or Kerry victory would set off the same response from > > the Dems. that Lou predicts as a response to Obama. I was hoping against > > hope that the idiocy of the Repubs would set off some sort of reaction in > > the streets or even perhaps among the Dems' imaginary grass roots. > > > > Damn it Lou, I hope that you are wrong, even though .... > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
