Frankly, I can't see Gore "pulling a Bullworth," i.e., having a mid-life crisis and then returning to his New-Deal liberal roots. (I'm not talking about the rap part of the flick.) Remember that he was -- and likely is -- a leader of the Democratic Leadership Conference, one of the organizations that pushed hard to make the Dems into GOP Lite.
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Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Lear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PEN-L:32253] Re: An opposition party
>
>
> On Friday, November 15, 2002 at 06:55:45 (-0800) Michael
> Perelman writes:
> >
> >Gore is coming out for single payer; Bush is talking about
> privatizing
> >government jobs. Could the Dems be ready to be a real
> opposition party?
> >
> >Are the Greens partially responsible for the Dems giving
> signs of moving
> >to the left?
>
> Not if you follow the admirable Thomas Ferguson's line of reasoning
> and follow the money. To the extent that there is conflict among
> elite sectors of society, that will be reflected in party opposition.
> The sectors of the economy that are coalescing behind the Democrats
> couldn't support too much of a lurch leftward (meaning, back toward
> the center). My guess is that "single payer" is going to be "nuanced"
> --- meaning costs will be socialized, gains privatized, lots of
> loopholes, etc.
>
>
> Bill
>
>
