[lbo-talk] Straw in the wind: Republican base dividing on Iraq

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Fri Jun 17 17:57:11 PDT 2005


Doug Henwood wrote:


> 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?

What's even more amazing is that Americans have negative opinions of Bush, Congress, the Supreme Court, and the media. Widespread distrust of public institutions is a phenomenon which needs to be exploited by social change movements.

Chuck



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