>Some of us remember Jackson in the Rainbow Coalition and still recognize
>that Democratic leadership folks like David Bonior and John Conyers can go
>head-to-head with Nader on progressive credentials.
>
>Jackson, Bonior and Conyers all received their votes from that base.
Exactly. When push comes to shove, these people will all campaign for the party. They're the mechanisms by which the base is bound to that corrupt structure. Jackson could've broken in '88, but he didn't. But maybe I'm just too much under the influence of Adolph Reed.
Doug