<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4916.2300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN><STRONG>R</STRONG><SPAN class=812073613-04102002><FONT color=#0000ff> <STRONG><FONT color=#000000>E:</FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><SPAN class=812073613-04102002> </SPAN><STRONG>California: Where Democrats Can Be Democrats</STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG>By Nathan Newman</STRONG></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG>Progressive Populist  November 1, 2002</STRONG></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=812073613-04102002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good piece, Nathan.  IMHO, the wacky fringe parties (especially those running presidential candidates) dilute and kill the progressive agenda better than the Repug party can wet dream about.  My only reservation is that if the Dems are sooo progressive, why do they so eagerly succumb to Bush's warmongering and beg him for the right to rubber stamp his military adventurism?</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=812073613-04102002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=812073613-04102002><FONT face=Arial size=2>wojtek</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=812073613-04102002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=812073613-04102002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>