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Corinne E. Funk's column appears on alternate Tuesdays...
...Reich seemed permanently pessimistic. Ickes told the Boston Globe that the country was going through a period similar to the Great Depression. Penn became alarmed when, during a late-night interview on Air Force One, the President told reporters that he was "trying to get people out of their funk." The Clintonites, Penn and Schoen felt, were mired in their 1992 mind-set, avoiding what they called "the Bush mistake"--appearing to be out of touch by talking about economic progress when folks were hurting...
Here's one thing at least that Republicans have in common with Democrats. Every few years they give off the odor of desperation. Both parties rest on such unstable coalitions that after every big election the losing side goes into a mortal funk, wondering whether its crucial constituencies are cutting loose once and for all. One year after George Bush was proclaimed unbeatable, the Republicans were sifting through the wreckage of their loss to Bill Clinton. Two years after that, the Democrats lost Congress so badly they were asking if the numbers would ever add up their way again...
Corinne E. Funk's column appears on alternate Tuesdays...
...There must be something magical about the decade that keeps romancing American pop culture. How else explain the resurrection of Afros, polyester and funk in movies, music...