The Democrats could blow it again
The American Prospect
by Paul Starr
01/21/08
Until recently, like most liberals, I was convinced that 2008 was going to be a Democratic year. While Republicans have been listless and divided, Democrats have been passionate and enthusiastic about their candidates for president. An unpopular war, a sinking economy, a general sense of conservative exhaustion: All pointed toward a Democratic triumph in November. A lot of conservatives had come to grudgingly agree and were preparing to spend four years in political rehab. But after the first rounds of caucuses and primaries, the prospects don’t look so rosy for the Democrats or so bleak for the Republicans. The presidential race now looks like a toss-up — perhaps even with a Republican edge...
https://tinyurl.com/27tg7m
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Starr
by Paul Starr
01/21/08
Until recently, like most liberals, I was convinced that 2008 was going to be a Democratic year. While Republicans have been listless and divided, Democrats have been passionate and enthusiastic about their candidates for president. An unpopular war, a sinking economy, a general sense of conservative exhaustion: All pointed toward a Democratic triumph in November. A lot of conservatives had come to grudgingly agree and were preparing to spend four years in political rehab. But after the first rounds of caucuses and primaries, the prospects don’t look so rosy for the Democrats or so bleak for the Republicans. The presidential race now looks like a toss-up — perhaps even with a Republican edge...
https://tinyurl.com/27tg7m
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Starr
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