Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Election Day Thoughts

2010-11-03 Thread CeJ
Outside the orthodoxy of the two-party US, Kucinich retained his congressional seat. VICTORY: We won, 53% - 44% Dear Friends, Your support made it possible for our campaign to have a strong media presence in the closing days of the election, so that we were able to withstand the powerful anti-i

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Election Day Thoughts

2010-11-03 Thread CeJ
The turning over of the House of Reps to the Republicans demonstrates clearly one thing (to me at least): That American voters, as diverse as they are, tend to prefer the incoherence of the Republicans to the incoherence of the Democrats. The incoherence of the Republicans is the idea that they st

[Marxism-Thaxis] a different POV on the U.S. elections

2010-11-03 Thread Mark Mendoza
(some hasty thoughts, not necessarily shared by others working on the campaign) for perhaps the first time in my life, i don't share the post-election day blues of my comrades (though Party politics here still induces a wild twitch in me) and why? well, here in Cincinnati we stood up and orga

[Marxism-Thaxis] Election Day Thoughts

2010-11-03 Thread c b
Election Day Thoughts by Robert Jensen Countercurrents.org (November 01 2010) November 2 is going to be a big day in our political lives. But November 3 will be far more important. On mid-term Election Day, voters will choose between candidates with different positions on health-care insura