1; ________________________________ Charles Brown wrote: There's a sort of ongoing bet that there won't be any pro-working class changes with O.
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. --ravi ^^^^^^ CB: Yes, What indicates to you that his idea of the limit is much lowefr than it really is ? It's hard not to start going into a "rah-rah" list again, but I'm sort of impressed by in only 40 days passing the pay equity law, proposing a budget that has the Wall Street crowd really pissed off, coming out strong for the EFCA, and a few other things. I don't like the bank bailouts, super ug. I guess I have my fingers crossed that he's trying to let it go so far that he's forced into something better". But overall , the actions in this short time don't make me think, as you do, that he thinks the limit is much lower than it really is. We're coming out of ' a 30 year period of an extreme right wing swing by the American people. I can see being cautious in moving them way left in 40 days, thus the "bipartisanship" bit. That didn't stop him from passing the stimulus with almost no Rep. votes. At a certain point, he can sort of say, well bipartisanship is a two way street. What he's done so far could be read as signalling a willingness to go a further left if he gets support "from the bottom up". Today there's a headline that he wants to talk to the Taliban. I just don't see how anybody could expect him to expropriate the expropriators in 40 days and 40 nights. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
