[lbo-talk] Fwd: [New post] Polarization

SA s11131978 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 25 10:42:21 PST 2011


On 2/25/2011 1:08 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Yes it does: http://nationaljournal.com/magazine/key-house-and-senate-votes-used-to-calculate-the-ratings-20110224?page=1.

Hmm. They counted "Reimpose statutory pay-as-you-go budget rules" - at a time of 10% unemployment - as a liberal measure. Why? Because that's what all the liberals voted for. Like I said, these things are about relative positioning.

But you're right - the standard left-wing line that the parties have moved closer together is insane. In 1965 almost half of Senate Republicans voted for Medicare and the EOA (the main "war on poverty" program).

SA



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