Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: election question

2002-11-10 Thread Doug Henwood
Michael Perelman wrote: The repugs don't need something like a DLC. There is an RLC - "moderate" Reps worried that the hard right GOP is alienating the precious swing voters who tout a "fiscally conservative, socially inclusive...common sense message." See . Doug

Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: election question

2002-11-10 Thread Thad Williamson
agreed...what I mean is a machinery for generating bolier-plate analyses in rapid-fire fashion combined with top notch PR capacity; but for something like to work you do have to make a trade-off between depth of analysis and ability to get SOMETHING out there in a timely manner. It's not the kind

RE: Re: Re: Re: election question

2002-11-10 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:32053] Re: Re: Re: election question Thad Williamson writes:>If the progressive wing of the Dems, such as it is, is ever to reclaim the party they will have to establish a propaganda machinery to match what the DLC and related institutions do. < maybe, but we should avoid th

Re: Re: Re: Re: election question

2002-11-09 Thread Michael Perelman
The repugs don't need something like a DLC. The Right has captured the party or the party has captured the right. Maybe the Ripon Society can more the repugs to the left, ha ha ha. On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 09:36:19PM -0500, Thad Williamson wrote: > according to the Democratic Leadership Council-t