Ari Berman has a fantastic article in the new issue of The Nation on the subject of the Democracy Alliance -- the newish coalition of rich liberals that's been counted on to fund the creation of a new progressive infrastructure to save America, etc. To make a long story short, there are some problems here . . . hopefully problems that will be resolved (it's not super-unusual for something to get off to a rocky start), but one fears they may not be.
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Democracy Alliance
01 Oct 2006 01:02 pm
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Aha! So you admit that this organization is controlled by a newish cabal!
Is there any liberal out there that stands a chance of knocking off Hillary? The first four primaries (as it now stands) will be Iowa, Nevada, NH, and South Carolina. None of those will be favorable for a more left-leaning candidate (although John Edwards should do well in SC) and Nevada is Harry Reid's state, where you can be sure he'll be campaigning hard for his Senate colleague.
John Edwards was leading in the latest latest Iowa poll from the Des Moines Register.
John Edwards has the support of the service union UNITE HERE which is one of the dominant players in Nevada Democratic politics - per this Ryan Lizza piece that also details Edwards' strength elsewhere.
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Heads in the Sand
The money story:
"Asurprise guest at the meeting was Bill Clinton, whose agenda seemed to be protecting his wife. But things didn't work out quite as planned. When Guy Saperstein, a retired lawyer from Oakland, asked Clinton if Democrats who supported the war should apologize, the former President "went fucking ballistic," according to Saperstein. Forget Hillary, Clinton said angrily during a ten-minute rant; if I was in Congress I would've voted for the war. "It was an extraordinary display of anger and imperiousness," Saperstein says."
After the little FoxNews fracas it's a lot easier to picture Clinton getting frustrated in public.
Is there any liberal out there that stands a chance of knocking off Hillary? The first four primaries (as it now stands) will be Iowa, Nevada, NH, and South Carolina. None of those will be favorable for a more left-leaning candidate (although John Edwards should do well in SC) and Nevada is Harry Reid's state, where you can be sure he'll be campaigning hard for his Senate colleague.
This is the dilemma that all the populist/progressive groups face and it is a lot more urgent than 'setting the groundwork.'
Posted by Dan K | October 1, 2006 11:52 PM