[lbo-talk] David Ehrenstein on Obama

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 3/23/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> On Mar 23, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > Dennis Kucinich will be on the ballot in the DP caucuses and
> > primaries, but most "anti-war" DP voters won't vote for him.  I
> > conclude that they don't have the courage of their convictions.
>
> You make it sound like a moral failing, or some sort of other
> personal defect. Most people sympathetic with Kucinich's politics
> think he doesn't have a prayer - not merely of winning, but even
> scoring above 5%. Yes, that's self-fulfilling, but unlike a lot of
> leftists, many voters don't think of the ballot as a place to make a
> statement, but as a way of supporting someone with a chance to win.
> Until you can change that perception

Who else will change DP voters' perception except DP voters themselves?

Unlike independents who may not get the candidates they want on the
ballots, or anti-war Republicans who may not have an anti-war
Republican in the caucuses and primaries, DP voters do have an
anti-war candidate in the caucuses and primaries.  It's their own
choice.
-- 
Yoshie