Can the Democrats be saved?

The ProgressiveVol. 59 Nbr. 1, January 1995

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Democrats lost in '94 because bad advice they got from Clinton pollster Stanley Greenberg and Al From's neo-conservative Democratic Leadership Council. Most self-styled 'moderate' Democrats are correctly perceived to be imitation Republicans, dependent on business campaign donations.

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Can the Democrats be saved?

For eleven months prior to the November election, I spent lots of time in Vermont working with rail workers to stop the sale of the Central Vermont Railroad to a Texas outfit that specializes in buying railroads and firing employees. Working alongside Congressman Bernie Sanders was one of the great pleasures I have experienced. He never shied from the task, never minced words, knew which side he was on, and told both management and the workers that he had made a choice.

In a word, he would have driven the Democratic Leadership Council completely n...

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