On Feb 25, 2010, at 7:14 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> One of the reasons that htere is no left in the united states is
> that so
> many potential leftists believe this -- that Democrats are different,
> and that when they act like Obama they are Republicrats or soemthing.
Carrol, I agree with you up to a point, but the two parties aren't identical. The Dems get a lot of mileage out of subtle differences which are amplified in the minds of their supporters. The mechanisms of that differentiation are one of the crucial elements of the U.S. political system.