Reply #73: interesting. your pal depakid just said "progressives" screwed the Dems in 1994 [View All]

[wyldwolf]

"America's industrial base, labor, environmental and social-justice activists nationwide withdrew their energy from Democratic campaigns."

But most people (outside the very narrow netroots echo chamber) know it was the 28 Democratic retirements in southern districts, Republican gerrymandering, the first major mobilization of the Christian right, Newt Gingrich's exploitation of some very corrupt Dem congressman (Rubbergate) and an anti-incumbency wave that had been building since the late 80s that cause the 94 midterm results.

And if Clinton's policies were so bad, why did he win an electoral landslide in '96 and a 14 house seats before his term expired?