[lbo-talk] Reps losing business class

[Carl Remick]

On 10/2/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Wall Street Journal - October 2, 2007
>
> GOP Is Losing Grip
> On Core Business Vote
>
> ... In last fall's midterm elections, rebellious Republicans and
> Republican-leaning independents contributed to the Democrats'
> takeover of Congress and a raft of state and local offices. The
> Democratic Party had lured many newcomers through shifts of its own
> since the Reagan era. Particularly under President Clinton, the party
> became more centrist and fiscally conservative, espousing balanced
> budgets, targeted tax cuts and free trade. Party liberals and
> unionists never fully accepted those changes. ...

What a Bizarro World reading of political trends this article is.  The
overriding point is that the Dems have become wholly Republican in
POV.

Carl