Oh, electorally what Clinton did was right—Downs et al—but it hasn't helped that the media has followed him and the left either caved in or allowed themselves to be portrayed as idiots for, well, acting like idiots.
We have similar problems over here, but our districts are small enough that concentrated ares of traditional left can get some fairly radical politicians elected to national office, unlike say over there where the Greens and similar are a power in San Francisco but barely scratch the radar anywhere else.
Then there's the whole race/class divide which splits the left far too much—Kanye said George Bush doesn't care about black people—untrue, he's got black friends. He just doesn't care about poor people. At all, but divide and rule stayed in effect even during the horrors of Katrina.
Better to be in power with a centrist than be in opposition with someone of your opinion. But better still to have an electoral system that allows your opinion a say as well. It's why I'm a Lib Dem and not a Green, the Lib Dems have MPs and a chance of government, the Greens don't.
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Date: 2007-Sep-02, Sunday 11:28 (UTC)We have similar problems over here, but our districts are small enough that concentrated ares of traditional left can get some fairly radical politicians elected to national office, unlike say over there where the Greens and similar are a power in San Francisco but barely scratch the radar anywhere else.
Then there's the whole race/class divide which splits the left far too much—Kanye said —untrue, he's got black friends. He just doesn't care about poor people. At all, but divide and rule stayed in effect even during the horrors of Katrina.
Better to be in power with a centrist than be in opposition with someone of your opinion. But better still to have an electoral system that allows your opinion a say as well. It's why I'm a Lib Dem and not a Green, the Lib Dems have MPs and a chance of government, the Greens don't.