[lbo-talk] Why the Dems lost the White Working Class

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Oct 22 10:05:25 PDT 2008


On Oct 22, 2008, at 12:56 PM, SA wrote:


> But there is - potentially - a slow and arduous populist/social dem
> route to success that they're ignoring because it's hard, uncertain
> and offers few short-term rewards.

They have absolutely no reason to do anything like that if it means they're going to lose. On principle, the DLC was wrong, but on electoral politics it may well have been right. It hurts me to say that.

The slow and arduous task is for people like us, not them.

Doug



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