Marvin Gandall wrote: >> sizeable and coherent left opposition within the DP articulating the need of >> the population for higher levels of public spending.
Carrol: > Just a footnote: "Within the DP" is incoherent. There is no such thing > as being "within" parties such as the RP & DP. "Within the DP"names a > nowhere. Just because an organization is in many ways informal in its nature does not mean that there's no "within." Neither the GOP nor the DP are the kind of parties they have in Europe, but they do exist as informal organizations around relatively formal organizations (the national committees, the congressional caucuses, etc.) In other words, one can be "within" a coalition, though perhaps the word "in" is better. Is this more picayune, caviling, and nit-picking than thou? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
