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<< How About Killing the Payroll Tax? | Main | Fight the Right: The Commonweal Institute >> November 12, 2002Democrats- Too Liberal, Not Progressive EnoughConservatives are circulating a poll that the majority of Democrats think the party is too "liberal." Funny thing is that a lot of lefties like me think the party is too liberal and not populist enough, but we mean that it's not economically leftwing enough. And guess what, not only Dems but the population as a whole is still to the left of most Dem policy, especially the weakass version presented in this election. Take prescription drugs, which the Dems refused to push hard-- On other issues: Lot of other similar issues out there, but the lesson is clear. The American people are looking for far more clear progressive stands by the Democrats on a range of these issues. If the Democrats push marginal "liberal" changes, the GOP will energize their supporters on bullshit cultural issues like the confederate flag in Georgia. But if the Dems get less liberal and more bold, there is plenty of room for a very progressives agenda to appeal to the American people Posted by Nathan at November 12, 2002 10:47 PM Related posts:
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: Comments"Too liberal and not populist enough." That's exactly what I've been saying, till I turn blue. The party needs to return to its economically populist roots. Posted by: Paleo at November 13, 2002 11:48 AM I'm with you. How can this message be framed so it becomes part of the struggle for the soul of the party? Seems like a class-based message. The issues that lose are limousine-liberal pets. The issues that win are working-class and "middle-class" ones, whatever that last phrase means. Posted by: Bob Haugen at November 18, 2002 12:24 PM I believe the message needs to be framed in terms of corporate corruption and, more importantly, government corrupted by corporate power. The average American is more likely to respond to this message than to an attack of "the wealthy." Posted by: Paleo at November 19, 2002 01:16 PM Does "for the middle and working classes" automatically translate to "attack on the wealthy" for you? For example, single-payer health care... The attraction is better health care for me. Posted by: Bob Haugen at November 21, 2002 01:50 PM pissing Posted by: roma at August 24, 2004 04:59 AM Post a comment
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