Reply #170: Um Jimmy Carter [View All]

[drfemoe]

was pres when I was in the real estate business .. my best deal was selling a house with a 14% fixed assumable loan. New financing was over 20% !!!! .. I loved JC too, but people had to buy and sell houses... for one thing. I voted for Reagan. Of course if I had known what HE had in mind for the construction industry and tax reform .. anyway I was a repup and I changed .. of course I'm not running for president.

What was that I was reading about Dean, as a democrat, trying to bring all of certain types of riff raff into the 'party'?

That's actually what his campaign does in a way. It represents the ideology that appeals to a wide spectrum of the citizenry.

After spending time on DU and seeing this poll .. I'm wondering what base Clark appeals to.
Is it the more traditional life-long democrat? I know he has a 'grassroots' .. but they might be lifers too.

I'm curious about that. What do you think?