[lbo-talk] Nader and His Detractors/Kerry

[Joseph Wanzala]

What the right would do were Kerry to win shows why he would have to be 
accomodative to the right, not to progressives. People seem to forget that 
Clinton spent eight years in office not under pressure from the left (he 
dealt with the left by cooptation and when that failed, saxophone lullabies 
did the trick), but from the right (to the extent they actually had to exert 
any pressure).  Remember the Contract On America and all that - that was 
'Clintontime'. Kerry will 'suffer' the same fate, and again, instead of 
pressuring a Pres. Kerry, the left will be too busy defending him from 'the 
right'. So much for the ABB strategy of electing Kerry, then getting to work 
keeping his feet to the fire.

Joe W.