Re: Thomas Ferguson’s Golden Rule: criticism? compliments?
On Jul 12, 2006, at 5:01 PM, Michael Hoover wrote:
thesis shouldn’t be disagreeable to most lbo-sters, elite abiliity to dominate policy outcomes through “control” of/influence over the electoral process…
Quoting from the NYT article I posted this morning on health industry
contribs to Hillary:
While some people in the health care industry are still wary of
Senator Clinton, many say they see her as the likely next
Democratic presidential nominee and are moving to influence her
agenda on an issue that polls indicate is of growing concern to
voters.Frederick H. Graefe, a health care lawyer and lobbyist in
Washington for more than 20 years, said, “People in many
industries, including health care, are contributing to Senator
Clinton today because they fully expect she will be the Democratic
presidential nominee in 2008.”“If the usual rules apply,” Mr. Graefe said, early donors will “get
a seat at the table when health care and other issues are discussed.”
Like I said, Ferguson underestimates the degree to which donors
follow/adapt to electoral trends.
Doug >