Comments on: David Brooks Finds Democratic Party Not Controlled by Netroots http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=2193 Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:11:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ron Chusid http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=2193&cpage=1#comment-118026 Ron Chusid Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:37:49 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=2193#comment-118026 Such a simplistic explanation doesn't hold up very well. For example, Obama has greater strength in the Midwest. Edwards' greatest strength is in Iowa but (unless an Iowa bounce helps him) is not doing well in New Hampshire. Looking at the Senate, the Democrat I criticized for too conservative a voting record was Diane Feinstein from California. In contrast there is Russ Feingold from the Midwest. Those polls are also misleading. Conservatives have demonized the word "liberal" reducing the number who identify themselves as liberals. However, when people are polled on positions as opposed to labels they come out far more liberal. Such a simplistic explanation doesn’t hold up very well. For example, Obama has greater strength in the Midwest. Edwards’ greatest strength is in Iowa but (unless an Iowa bounce helps him) is not doing well in New Hampshire.

Looking at the Senate, the Democrat I criticized for too conservative a voting record was Diane Feinstein from California. In contrast there is Russ Feingold from the Midwest.

Those polls are also misleading. Conservatives have demonized the word “liberal” reducing the number who identify themselves as liberals. However, when people are polled on positions as opposed to labels they come out far more liberal.

]]> By: daveinboca http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=2193&cpage=1#comment-118013 daveinboca Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:58:18 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=2193#comment-118013 Brooks will get double the traffic the two airheads Krugboy & Herbie put together. Jeffrey Goldberg wrote Brooks' column two years ago in a splendid New Yorker piece on Midwestern Dems & how out of touch the twin Left Coasts are with mainstream Dems in the "flyover" states. The demented rants of freepers and Kossacks & Huff/Puffs belie the silent mega-majority in the middle. As Goldberg said in his NYer article, a Pew survey then said 21% of Americans classify themselves as liberals, 34% conservatives, and the rest are the 45% who actually make the decision, in the end, who gets into the WH. Hillary dances with the left or at least flirts, but bedtime is with the Midwest where she hails from---the territory that swings. Brooks will get double the traffic the two airheads Krugboy & Herbie put together.

Jeffrey Goldberg wrote Brooks’ column two years ago in a splendid New Yorker piece on Midwestern Dems & how out of touch the twin Left Coasts are with mainstream Dems in the “flyover” states.

The demented rants of freepers and Kossacks & Huff/Puffs belie the silent mega-majority in the middle. As Goldberg said in his NYer article, a Pew survey then said 21% of Americans classify themselves as liberals, 34% conservatives, and the rest are the 45% who actually make the decision, in the end, who gets into the WH.

Hillary dances with the left or at least flirts, but bedtime is with the Midwest where she hails from—the territory that swings.

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