Word: democratization
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...nail the coffin shut on this sorry episode, the Arizona media has paid slim attention to the incident. This is surprising, given the state’s typically moderate conservatism: Sen. John McCain is Arizona’s favorite son; Gov. Janet Napolitano is not only a Democrat, but also an unmarried woman, and the state capital Phoenix is the fifth-largest city in the country. But the shame of this affair reveals that my state is not as far along as I thought: this sure ain’t Boston.According to his online biography, Bennett has a daughter, Dana...
...Connecticut Senate Democratic primary between Lamont and Lieberman, which will be held on Aug. 8, has become one of the most closely watched campaigns of 2006, as anti-Bush and anti-Iraq war fervor has helped Lamont wage a competitive challenge to Lieberman, who has infuriated Democrats with his vocal defense of President Bush's Iraq policy. But while nationally the race has become a referendum on the state of the Democratic Party, the division between the party's left and right wings and its position on the Iraq War, the debate saw both candidates trying to change the subject...
...liberal rhetoric against Lieberman, he's largely a traditional Democrat on most issues. At the same time, Lieberman's constant references to his liberal bona fides weren't particularly effective, since Lamont was to his left on many key issues. Lamont repeatedly said Lieberman didn't stand up to Bush; for instance, Lamont said he supports censuring President Bush for the NSA's warrantless domestic surveillance program, a stance Lieberman has not taken...
...move has risks. Lieberman's support among Democrats is likely to fall even further now that he's announced he might separate from the party, which could make it even more difficult for him to win the primary. And if Lamont, a millionaire cable executive, pulls out a victory, it might give him enough momentum to start reducing that 38-point margin quickly. Some of Lieberman's high-profile supporters in Washington are already saying they won't support him if Lamont is the Democratic nominee. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, for example, have both endorsed Lieberman in the race...
...every Democratic candidate is a populist this year-after all, Hillary Clinton is running for re-election-but Webb, Ohio's Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown and a raft of congressional candidates are running as no-holds-barred gutbucket populists, and most of the other Democratic candidates have touches of populism in their pitches. In Tennessee, for example, moderate Democrat Harold Ford Jr. has embraced the right-wing House Republican immigration plan in his Senate campaign. "I don't think we ran an ad where [Republican beer baron] Pete Coors wasn't seen wearing a tuxedo," says Mandy Grunwald...