ravi wrote: > > > I think (/agree) that's a losing bet. The question, to me, is only > whether these changes will be significant. I am willing to believe > that Obama will advance working class interests as much as he thinks > he can -- the problem is that his idea of that limit is much lower > than it really is. Another problem is his commitment to > "bipartisanship" and such.
This is a lame excuse. Obama is _not_ stupid. If in fact (and I believe you are correct) those limits are not all thatr binding, then Obama recognizes it as clearly as you do. That is, he must _know_ that he has considerable latitude in bringing about so-called "progressive" change. If he does not, it is because he _chooses_ not to. His function (and it almost seems as thoughthis is conscious on the part of the DP leadership now) is to absorb as much ptential radical resistance into the warm and smothering embrace of DP "progressive" (but so sadly "limited") politics. Carrol _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
