[lbo-talk] S. Brian Willson on John Kerry's Obsession

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Mar 14 15:46:07 PST 2004


Jon Johanning wrote:


>Which means that if Kerry wins we have to keep fighting his
>administration as we have fought every administration since -- how
>far back do you want to go, Washington? I would still much rather be
>fighting a Kerry administration than a Bush one.

At the Socialist Scholars Conference this morning, Michael Lighty of the California Nurses Association reported on a bill that the CNA lobbied for that prescribed minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for hospitals. Gray Davis signed it. Though I doubt Davis would ever have proposed something like that on his own, at least he didn't veto it. Would Pete Wilson have signed it? Would Arnie? I rather doubt it. But it looks like an example of how you can work with the differences between D and R - popular movements still have to agitate, but with a D at the top, you can sometimes shame or force them into signing decent bills.

Doug



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