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natriley

- 14 Feb 08
- 3:05 pm
I too support income protection for workers and improved unemployment benefits. But I would feel better if there was also a discussion of the value of the American Dollars and almost the same thing, the value of the U.S. debts. Are these limiting factors or does stimulus create improved revenues that offset the problems with U.S debts?

Posted to Escape From Recession
- 12 Dec 07
- 1:54 pm
I agree on Moberg's choice of issues, but the Democrats are gun shy after so many defeats. Clinton's victory in 1992 was undone two years later in the Newt Gingrich Congressional election of 94. Moreover the candidates who have gravitated towards progressive issues are dividing the vote. Obama and Edwards have shown the greatest sympathy for the progressive views, but the three way race means that a candidate wins with 35 to 45% of the vote. I believe Hillary Clinton will do this as will Giuliani on the GOP side. Although the GOP predictions are harder to make. This means that …

Posted to The Democrats' Path to Victory
- 26 Dec 05
- 9:56 am
Enjoyed the review, I may read this one. Two points -- one Packer's view as described reflect the alliance between the human rights movement and the neo-cons in support of the war. The human right groups playing a bigger role in the Democratic Party, but probably besmirching their cause in the long run. Their idealism suffers from the same defects of Woodrow Wilson's, in the end idealism is subordinate to national interest. My nomination for best book on the Iraqi war is Yaroslav Trofimov's "Faith at War" written by a Wall Street Journal reporter who speaks Arabic. He toured the Muslim …

Posted to The Limits of Empathy
- 14 Oct 05
- 9:51 am
The connections between Chicago and Louisianna should be preserved. The Republican hegemony has awakened the citizens of rural America. While many are loyal conservatives, the progressives and class conscious rural folk have also been energized. Progressive should realize there is fertile soil waiting for seeds. Of all the political strategists I have read Kevin Phillips offer the best ideas for turning discontent into progressive votes

Posted to Opening the Lines