tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post2729596587411483051..comments2024-03-26T05:19:30.411-04:00Comments on PA Editors Blog: Is Obama Electable?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-30036468122203515672007-12-06T11:39:00.000-05:002007-12-06T11:39:00.000-05:00I think Sam Webb's point is that the are a number ...I think Sam Webb's point is that the are a number of factors that will be involved in the defeat of the ultra right, the least of which may be the actual Democratic nominee elected on November 4, 2008.<BR/><BR/>1. the level of the landslide victory of the Republican<BR/><BR/>2. the make-up and balance of forces in Congress<BR/><BR/>3. the extent to which labor and democratic movements are Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818415755568794461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-16368281348885879092007-12-05T14:10:00.000-05:002007-12-05T14:10:00.000-05:00Joe Makes some interesting points but the importan...Joe Makes some interesting points but the important point that, given the history of U.S. racism, a major presidential campaign by an African-American candidate with a serious chance to get the nomination is an major advance in itself, should be weighed against the very centrist campaign that Obama is running, somewhat but only somewhat more progressive than Hillary Clinton's center-right norman markowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008152582883535514noreply@blogger.com