Israel Cabinet 7 for and 7 against toppling Arafat....plusIsrael Turns Palestinian Towns into Prisons

[Seth Ackerman]

Doug Henwood wrote:

> Outliers? They were the presidential and vice presidential candidates
> in 2000, Gore was VP for eight years, and Lieberman is a favorite of
> the Great Mentioner as a presidential candidate in 2004. If that's
> outlying, what's insiderhood?

But Doug, you're making the fatal error of focusing on inside-the-beltway
arcana like Presidents and Vice-Presidents. The real story is what the
Democrats are like "on the ground" - they're activists brimming with
radicalism. Al Gore is a marginalized irrelevancy; the real big-shots in the
party are Rep. Barbara Lee Jackson and the mayor of Madison, Wisc.

Seth