in any event, what's wrong with "progressives" being divisive? the Tea Party people have been very divisive within the GOP and have gone far.
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Robert Naiman <[email protected]> wrote: > But you're invoking examples, at least in the latter case, that don't > really speak to the issue at hand. The question isn't how "divisive" > the "center" will be in general, but specifically relative to the > prospect of a Democratic primary. A likely guess, extrapolating from > past experience, is that at first there would be a sharp pushback > trying to deter, but if it could not be deterred, there would be > accommodation, on the grounds that continued efforts to deter would be > self-destructive. > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: >> Robert Naiman wrote: >>> It's true that it takes two sides not to be divisive, but just 1) like >>> Obama with the Republicans, you could make clear that your side is not >>> the source of the divisiveness and 2) while there would very be likely >>> be some significant pushback, especially at the beginning, the center >>> camp would have different incentives than the Republicans, since the >>> latter actually benefit from the divisiveness. It's possible that they >>> could end up taking the high road - that's largely what they did in >>> 2008. >> >> back in the late 1940s, the "center" (Truman) was quite divisive (at >> the same time it _called for_ unity), setting the stage for >> McCarthyism. In the 1960s, the "center" (LBJ) was also divisive (at >> the same time it called for unity), by escalating the war. I could go >> on, but I have other things to do. >> -- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Robert Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org > [email protected] > > Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan > http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- 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
