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