GOP zingers about 'socialism' and 'class warfare' don't sting Dems like they used to
GOP zingers about 'socialism' and 'class warfare' don't sting Dems like they used to
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-ocasio-cortez-aoc-sanders-trump-green-new-deal-0210-20190208-story,amp.html
Clarence Page Chicago Tribune
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Analysis: The Green New Deal is more New Deal than green
(Pelosi) She was being properly cagey. Democrats have been divided since the 1960s between their moderate and left-progressive wings. Speaker Pelosi’s task is to keep that energy going on her party’s left without alienating the party’s pragmatic establishment or the persuadable swing voters the party will need to win the general election.
But AOC’s aggressive push for a “Green New Deal” now is well-timed to start conversations and help set the tone of coming primaries.
What must be particularly unsettling for President Trump is how much AOC’s rise mirrors his own: Her lack of experience and impatience with details frees her to appeal to voters on a gut level, highlighting what needs to be done in a media-savvy way without being encumbered by the mechanics of how to do it.
As for the right’s anti-socialist propaganda, Republicans and other conservatives may well have worn out that attack line through overuse, particularly among younger voters.
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