Instead of speculating, why not listen to what I actually said? "I said clearly that we ought to focus on Iran and Palestine, Latin America, and Russia and China (in that order) in _foreign policy_ (cf. <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20060515/038266.html>).
In domestic policy, focus on universal health care" (at <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20060626/040926.html>).
If single-payer health care had been the litmus test in 2004 for American liberals and leftists, they would have voted for Nader rather than Kerry, but that was not the case. Will it be in the future?
There's H.R.676, sponsored by Conyers and co-sponsored by 72: <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00676:>. Would American liberals and leftists be able to commit to a program that supports only Democrats willing to co-sponsor that and replace Democrats and Republicans who refuse to do so by Democrats, Greens, and other independents who pledge to support it?
-- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>