Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Sunday, November 12, 2006
More Mythbusting
Mike Tomasky gets it right:
In fact, of the 27 Democratic candidates for the House who won outright Tuesday, only five can truly be called social conservatives. Far more are pro-choice, against the Iraq war and quite liberal.

....So the experts got it wrong again, which is really not so surprising given that what happened last week was quite nuanced. The Democrats moved to the center and to the left at the same time. In doing so, they became more like the hegemonic Democratic Party of old. And if, in 2008, it turns out that last week did in fact usher in an era of Democratic resurgence, it will be precisely because the party managed to sustain this left-center coalition and render the distinctions between the two groups less important.
Exactly. A rebuilt "big tent". Just in time for idiots like Emmanuel, Carville and other "centrists" to do their utmost to tear the tent down. Unfortunately, people like Tomasky are not getting much of a megaphone and I fear that we may be in for another intercine war. Nothing breeds contempt like being ignored.
Written at 9:55 AM by Greyhair.
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