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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"A Victory for the Left"
A Victory for the LeftBy William Saletan at Slate
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/11/republicans_win_the_senate_by_sounding_like_democrats_america_is_moving.html
"SNIP.......................
Republicans won big in the 2014 elections. They captured the Senate and gained seats in the House. But they didnt do it by running to the right. They did it, to a surprising extent, by embracing ideas and standards that came from the left. Im not talking about gay marriage, on which Republicans have caved, or birth control, on which theyve made over-the-counter access a national talking point. Im talking about the core of the liberal agenda: economic equality.
Here are some of the themes Republicans ran on in this years Senate and gubernatorial campaigns:
1. Poverty. Democratic incumbents spent a lot of time talking about new jobs, economic growth, and other aggregate numbers that have been going in the right direction. Republican challengers undercut that message by focusing on people at the bottom. From California to Georgia to Virginia, Republicans called attention to high or rising poverty rates.
2. Minorities. Republicans also zeroed in on blacks and other underserved populations. In Louisiana right-wing candidate Rob Maness pointed out, Unemployment for young black men in this state is three times the rate of unemployment for anybody else. In Georgia, Republican Gov. Nathan Deal emphasized the states progress toward reducing the number of black men in jail.
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"A Victory for the Left" (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2014
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lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)1. Gaaaaaa!
applegrove
(118,682 posts)2. I thought it was an interesting take. That some on the right ran
on the issues Obama champions and dems ran away from Obama.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)3. I don't dispute the truth... yet it burns. n/t