The body politic needs balance. Ive predicted that one of the strains most likely to happen is the break of the left, progressive wing of Democrats from the right-centrists. The difference between US and Canadian politics is that Canadian politics has multiple parties that typically end up forming coallitions, whereas American politics has been bi-party for nearly its entire existence. This means to me that we will see, over the next couple of years, a struggle for control within the Democratic party between Centrists (the DLC) and Progressives. My suspicion is that the decision not to support Mary Landrieu in the run off election in Louisianna was partly an indication of that strategy.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:49:51 +0000