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Introducing the Purple Party

by derek, posted to Articles / New York / Our Government

A great article that I related to in the New York Times Magazine. Worth a read.
Depressed about the Democrats? Revolted by the Republicans? You’re not alone. Here in New York (with its Republican mayor and Democratic voters), a third way is being plotted. Follow the purple-brick road.
Why can’t we have a serious, innovative, truth-telling, pragmatic [...]

Americans More Liberal Than They Let On

by derek, posted to Articles / Our Government

Eric Alterman opens an article in The Nation with:

Here is the liberals’ problem in a nutshell: More than 30 percent of Americans happily answer to the appellation “conservative,” while 18 percent call themselves “liberal.” And yet when questioned by pollsters, a super-majority of more than 60 percent take positions liberal in everything but name. Indeed, […]