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>I fundamentally agree with the above, but I am not sure how that can explain
>a total meltdown of the Democratic Party. One would think that, given that
>level of elite decadence, Democrats would have it easy but they do not.
>After all the brouhaha about Bush popularity sinking, the Repugs still have
>no problems winning local elections
>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/yahoo/bal-md.frederick02nov02,0,5401701.sto
>ry?coll=bal-newsaol-headlines
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>In short, having it all delivered on a silver plate might explain the
>complacency of the elite, but not necessarily of those whose very survival
>hinges on non-elite support.
They need electoral support from the nonelite, but their paymasters keep them on a short leash. So they're full of anguished contradictions that look like "weakness" and "lack of spine" but are really a result of their impossible structural position.
Doug