On Wed, 27 May 1998, Nathan Newman wrote:
I'm curious as to what people think about Wellstone's possible run. He's got a piece in the current ITT; and I think there was a thing in the Nation (or the Progressive?) a couple of weekes ago. Does anyone remember how he justified his vote in the Defense of the Family Act?
Yours, Frances Bolton
> > BTW majoritarianism is not preparing to vote for Gore; it is actually
> thinking about how to frame a political strategy that could produce an
> alternative who could actually win the nomination and the Presidency. It
> is those who refuse to even think about an alternative majoritarian
> approach that guarantee that most progressives will end up voting for Gore
> in 2000- you may remain pure and vote for someone else, but if you would
> be a bit less pure, you might actually get a majority to vote for someone
> better.
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> --Nathan Newman
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