[Marxism] Nader throws support to Edwards

[mlause at cinci.rr.com]

I do question the so-called liberal and progressive base of the Democratic Party.  It's not a base.  It's not coherent.  It's not mobilizing now for much of anybody. 

The base of the Democratic Party I was discussing is that which existed in LBJ's day or FDR's.  You knows, unions and other groups having meetings for candidates, questinging them face-to-face, arguing among themselves over endorsements, mobilizing the members to back that endorsement.  You know, "civics."  This does create a certain dialectic within the party, in which the ranks can play some role other than passive consumers.

No online community has ever substituted for that kind of thing.

ML



 





---- Eli Stephens <elishastephens at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> Mark L. writes: "I'm not sure what sort of a progressive and liberal base the 
> Democratic Party has."
> 
> Well, you might start with Daily Kos, which gets 16.5 MILLION page views a 
> month. I'm sure any of us associated with more radical websites would be over 
> the moon with one-tenth that base, if not one-hundredth.
> 
> You can legitimately question the progressive and liberal nature of the leading 
> CANDIDATES of the Democrats, but I don't think you can doubt that that base is 
> still there.
> 
> 
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