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Rise of the Moderates
Nov. 9th, 2006 08:14 am♠
“So voters kicked out Republicans but did not swing to the left. For the most part they exchanged moderate Republicans for conservative Democrats. It was a great day for the centrist Joe Lieberman, who defeated the scion of the Daily Kos net roots, Ned Lamont. It was a great day for anti-abortion Democrats like Bob Casey and probably for pro-gun Democrats like Jim Webb. It was a great day for conservative Democrats like Heath Shuler in North Carolina and Brad Ellsworth in Indiana.”
-- David Brooks for The NY Times
I think this is a good sobering message for some of our liberal friends who ache to read the outcome of the 2006 elections as the harking of a new progressive era. That would be a good way for the Democrats to get trounced in 2008. Americans are not neo-conservatives, but they still are not inclined to label themselves as progressive liberals either.
By the way, the New York Times has put down its 'paid' wall this week. So, it is an opportunity to read some of their 'select' stuff. Maureen Dowd has a nice column today.
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“So voters kicked out Republicans but did not swing to the left. For the most part they exchanged moderate Republicans for conservative Democrats. It was a great day for the centrist Joe Lieberman, who defeated the scion of the Daily Kos net roots, Ned Lamont. It was a great day for anti-abortion Democrats like Bob Casey and probably for pro-gun Democrats like Jim Webb. It was a great day for conservative Democrats like Heath Shuler in North Carolina and Brad Ellsworth in Indiana.”
-- David Brooks for The NY Times
I think this is a good sobering message for some of our liberal friends who ache to read the outcome of the 2006 elections as the harking of a new progressive era. That would be a good way for the Democrats to get trounced in 2008. Americans are not neo-conservatives, but they still are not inclined to label themselves as progressive liberals either.
By the way, the New York Times has put down its 'paid' wall this week. So, it is an opportunity to read some of their 'select' stuff. Maureen Dowd has a nice column today.
