On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:07:04 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
writes:
> Chip Berlet wrote:
>
> >It's not a flameout of right-wing politics, just an internal power
> struggle.
> >
> >But is it good for the Left?
> >
> >Yes.
>
> Sorry for the previous empty msg - it got away on me.
>
> But Chip, it's not just the internal power struggle. Public opinion
> is increasingly hostile to Bush on Iraq, Social Security, and the
> "social issues" like the Schiavo and stem cell affairs. And,
> besides,
> internal power struggles can reflect a loss of political momentum,
> no?
Viewed dialectically, we should expect the two phenomena to reinforce each other. Internal power struggles are likely to lead to a loss of political momentum and vice versa. Also, to the extent that popular resistance should develop to the Bush policies, then that's likely to lead to an exacerbation of internal power struggles.
>
> Doug
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