On 15 May, 2007, at 4:54 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
On May 15, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
Even if there were no issues of conflict of interest raised by
simultaneously running Burson-Marsteller and the Clinton campaign,
labour and progressive Democrats should be worried about the brand of
politics Penn markets. It is a politics in which Democrats mouth
semi-populist slogans until they win the party's nomination, and then
retreat to safe appeals to affluent swing voters to win the general
election.
Remind me when they didn't do that?
What started first? The Democrats abandoning the unions post-
nomination, or the union members abandoning the Democrats at the
election (in favour of good old fashioned xenophobia, racism, etc)? 90
+% of black people still vote for Democrats though they are very
poorly served by them. Whereas only 59% of the union vote went to
Democrats in 2004, a mere 11% over the general vote.
--ravi
