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Yes, the right-wingers are openly gloating now (from Alternet): --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a big fat irony here: *Obama's supporters are furious at him because he finally kept one of his promises (Afghan war).* So much for the theory that progressives are smart. ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obama's treachery will lead to new discussions about the need for a 3rd party to the left of the DP. My guess is that many of the people involved in the discussions will be disillusioned Democrats. The revolt in liberal ranks by Jane Hamsher, Garry Wills and Michael Moore is an expression of important trends that can lead somewhere down the road. Despite the fact that such people do not recite chapter and verse of the Grundrisse is no reason to turn up our noses at them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have my doubts about the Pwogdems (expressed before), but of course the few splitters should be welcomed - to a reminder of their own class character, by spelling out that we do not favor yet another middle-class 3rd party effort. See my previous "Obama channels Beck" for more details. And Moore will be expected to open his ample wallet as need be. To complaints from that quarter that a working class approach would be "too radical", I'd say that never have the prospects for the standard middle-class approach been so dim, and that of the other been so ripe. And they will only get riper, no matter how the present economic crisis is surmounted for the time being. Because this isn't 1948 - it is more like 1876 in reverse (for the bourgeoisie). -Matt ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
