[lbo-talk] What the results tell us...

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Nov 8 08:03:54 PST 2006


On Nov 8, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Julio Huato wrote:


> stopping the war in Iraq,

Not necessarily - they just want a little less of it. Lamont lost and Lieberman won in a liberal state. Immediate withdrawal gets little support, and a lot of the Dems who won were chosen by Emmanuel because they weren't seriously antiwar.


> changing course in the economy,

Raise the minimum wage, yes; let the tax cuts expire in 2010, maybe; how else?


> stopping the attack on immigrants,

Except for the English-only law...


> stopping the assault on gays

Except for the bans on same-sex marriage. It's split the difference again; overt homophobia loses, but so does overt homophilia.


> and
> abortion, etc.

Only if it's a 100% ban.

Doug



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