Re: Nader, et al
On Aug 7, 2007, at 11:44 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
The fact that they never get sanctioned for breaking from what the party supposedly advocates suggests to me that, far from contravening the actual will of the party, the aisle-crossers in fact represent the actual will of the party
Do you have any sense of political geography? A lot of the new crop
of Dems elected last November came from conservative districts whose
voters were fed up with Bush, but think Nancy Pelosi is some sort of
Bolshie. Ditto a lot of re-elected incumbents.
American parties have rarely been uniform or disciplined in the sense
that they are in other countries - they’ve always contained a lot of
tendencies (class, ideology, region, etc.). Today’s disciplined
Republican party - which is fraying at the edges - is an exception.
And they seem to be paying a price for it.
Doug