2008 Woodie Awards
As Laura points out, he may not be representing what is actually the matter with Kansas very well.
Honestly, I don’t understand why the Campaign-for-America’s-Future variety Democrats don’t think that ’swing’ voters can be appealed to on social values issues. As I’ve tried to make clear, I’m not opposed to the populist message as such; what I do disagree with is the position that many have taken that populism is the only way to win electoral majorities, and that Democratic candidates who talk about social issues lose. I think you’d be surprised to hear that on many core questions of ‘belief,’ most Americans are with us, not against us. They want the liberty to control their own bodies even if they disagree with some things other people do to themselves; they have reasonable expectations for what government can- and can’t- do to assist them; they believe strongly in helping the poor; and, most surprisingly, they generally recognize the right of sexual minorities to form legally-recognized unions.
So what’s the matter here?
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You are so right - Dems running on a platform of liberal social values and a moderate economic message have been highly successful. Last 20 years -
2/6 presidential elections. 1985 253 Dems in the House 47 in the Senate 2005 202 in the House and 44 in the Senate. The party is worse of now than after the historic Reagan landslide of 1984. Economic populism may not be the answer but more social liberalism certainly isn’t.
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