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Can Democrats learn to talk about race?
Hillary Clinton's "hardworking Americans" comment seemed to exclude blacks. Donna Brazile's "new" Democratic vision marginalized working-class whites and Latinos. How does the party unite?
Joan Walsh [2008-05-09]

  • I Vigorously Disagree

    Democrats need to get out of the (this time self-inflicted) quagmire of identity politics if they really want to win on a national scale.

    The need to finally shift perspective so that they can clearly articulate the fact that they are the party representing America's fundamental interests and not more narrowly defined demographic segmentations.

    Fortunately, this happens to be both 1)unifying policy and 2) true. I suspect that this is what Brazille was getting at and hope that the party has the courage to take a stand for yes, unity, rather than division.

    -- Malthust
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    Friday, May 9, 2008 10:56 AM
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