No, that is why Clinton won. If you think Gore would have taken the Ohio Valley states that Clinton got, not to mention Tennessee, by being clearly further left, well.....
A more telling criticism of Gore is that he is a stiff and unappealing individual. But that is not a policy matter. Heck, he is so stiff and unappealing that he gets blamed for Monica Lewinsky! Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 1:12 PM Subject: Re: election demographics
>Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
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>>But I as I said earlier, the Dem's shift to the right is not a result of
>>ideological blindness - but going where the votes are.
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>So that's why Gore won so convincingly?
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>Doug
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