Reich: Dem Party "dead"

Seth Ackerman SAckerman at FAIR.org
Tue Mar 13 11:38:44 PST 2001


Nathan Newman wrote:


> 100 House Dems co-sponsored single payer health care. If the Dems back in
> 1970 were so great, how come they didn't deliver universal health care if
> they were so much better?
.

Those 100 Dems worked in a Dem-controlled congress with a Dem president and single-payer never was never even voted on. What difference does it make what the theoretical "median Dem" looks like when the really existing party is controlled by Bill Clinton/Al Gore?

Seth



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