[lbo-talk] Dems & the proletariat

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>[Carrol Cox, better get this guy on the phone! He doesn't get how bad  the 
>Dems are - imagine, policies favoring the proletariat!! This is  from David 
>Rosenberg, Merrill Lynch's chief economist.]
>
>... Charlie Cook  of the
>venerable Cook Political Report is quoted as saying that "Cleary,  we've 
>seen
>momentum shift away from the Republicans and toward the Democrats".   
>Imagine
>how this shift could intensify if gasoline prices move back up or the  Dow 
>fails to
>sustain its record level between now and November 7th.  Tax hikes,  
>protectionist,
>pro-labor populist policies favoring the proletariat at the expense  of the 
>capitalist,
>the war on terrorism and lots more are at stake ... since this will  also 
>set the tone
>for the presidential elections in '08.

A chillpill for D. Rosenberg, s.v.p.  IMO, this momentous momentum that 
disturbs him so signals nothing more than the usual journey to nowhere -- 
i.e, a return to the "vital center."

Carl