> I never know what to make of these claims. The Dems often really
> suck, but 1) they've always been good imperialists, and 2) though the
> New Deal and Great Society are long dead, there are still big
> differences between D and R on labor law, minimum wage, tax policy,
> and health care. Look at the current fight over expanding the Child
> Health program - Ds for, Rs against. As I keep saying, to no apparent
> effect, the differences between the two parties are wider now than
> they were in the 1950s and early 1960s. It's a mathematical fact.
>
> Doug
Isn't nearly all of this increase in difference due to the fact that there are now social issues that separate them that did not exist in the 1950's and 1960's ie. abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, etc? On economic issues, while I agree that there are substantive differences between D's and R's, that gap has closed has it not? Isn't it correct to say that if you only figure policy related issues that existed in the 1950's with today the parties are closer now than then?
John Thornton