[lbo-talk] Colbert, Dafur, and Dems

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 3 11:19:47 PDT 2006


Steven L. Robinson wrote:


>What success? The Dens only won the popular Presidential vote in
>1992 and 1996 because of Perot. On the Congressional level, Under
>New Dem leadership, the Dems definitively became the minority in
>1994 - losing control of the House of Representatives, which they
>had - with a couple of breaks- dominated since 1932 and the Senate
>as well, Electorally they have never regained control of either
>chamber, evein when Clinton was re-elected.. In California, taking a
>centrist tack ensured that a Governor, Gray Davis, got humiliated
>by being recalled as did DLCer Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamonte, who got
>beat out by the Terminator in the race to succeed Davis, all in an
>overwhelmingly blue state.

So what are the examples of success in using a populist economic strategy?

Doug



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