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...fair, despite his conservative leanings, Senator Reid talks a good game about his willingness to fight the GOP on matters of principle when necessary. The Democrats?? prospects over the next four years will largely depend on whether Reid is serious about defending progressive Democratic principles, or whether he will give into the temptation to pander to hard-line social conservatives. The latter is a losing proposition: fashionable pundit-babble about “moral values” aside, over the past few decades, Americans have been abandoning social conservatism like rats off a sinking ship. Rather than wanting...
None of the above can improve the Democrats?? political standing unless Democrats are happy warriors every day. No more feints on government reform or defense. No more transparent additions of the word “values” to old-time orthodoxy. To win, disciplined Democrats must make their case consistently, starting right...
...like an embarrassing stepchild. Despite turning out over 85 percent of their vote for such American heroes as Walter Mondale, black voters get nowhere near the gushing policy love from Democrats that the Republican base gets from their party. And to be fair, this is not even entirely the Democrats?? fault. Black voters have honestly allowed their votes to be given away like free iPods. Every election season, a parade of proven vote pimps roll through black churches to recite Hallmark card versions of Martin Luther King speeches and promise that our good Democratic friends will not forget...
Excited election followers—mostly Democrats??milled around the Institute of Politics (IOP) last night to watch the votes come in and listen to calls from political experts...
Harvard College Democrats President Andy J. Frank ’05 said that trading votes could reduce the Democrats?? concern that third-party candidates detract from Kerry’s totals...