After the Democrats' Debacle
Against The Current vol. 149
The Editors
http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/3086
Date Written: 2010-11-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2010
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13706
How far have politics “moved to the right” in the United States — and for how long? Although we’re going to press before the November 2 midterm elections, you’re probably reading it after the anticipated Democratic debacle and the attendant speculation about the viability of the Obama presidency. Whether the Democrats have retained slim majority control of one or both houses of Congress obviously matters for some legislative purposes and power relations, but our view of the broad trends is pretty much the same either way.
