--- Dwayne Monroe <dwayne.monroe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you believe there are better odds of us seeing
> the Democrats --
> under either candidate -- create the sort of
> educational background
> you're describing?
[WS:] I think it is possible, and probably more likely under Obama than under Clinton. I do not think, however, that presidential politics is the right time and place or even conduit to perform this kind of education. Obama can probably act as a catalyst - one inspiring a reaction without getting much involved in it - but the actual reaction must take place in the so-called civil soceity or institutions that are sympathetic and have rsources - unions, academia, liberal media, liberal foundations, NGOs, liberal think tanks, liberal churches, even businesses. If Democrats face pressure from below that will effectively counterbalance the influence of corporate donors, they will respond - I have little doubt about that.
Wojtek
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