[lbo-talk] Kevin Phillips on Kerry: it's all over

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At 9:18 AM -0700 9/8/04, Michael Dawson wrote:
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>>New York Post [Page Six[ - September 8, 2004
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>>GIVING UP
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>>THERE'S no love lost between Kevin Phillips, author of "American
>>Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
>>House of Bush," and the administration of George W. Bush. But the
>>former White House staffer and economist was overheard at
>>Litchfield's West Street Grill saying with a sense of resignation
>>about John Kerry's chances of beating the president, "It's a lost
>>cause. It's all over."
>
>Fascinating.  The fact that Phillips hasn't been the campaign manager for
>somebody in the past 20 years tells you all you need to know about the RP-DP
>duopoly.

But he's published some pretty important and influential books.
I think he's not working for either party because he is too disgusted 
with both.
When I've heard and seen him speak, he makes this pretty clear (in 
his own nearly opaque way).
I suspect he's also deeply contrite for being the architect of the 
whole Republican resurgence in the South, which led to the current 
troubles. But this is my inference, not based on any observation.