The Party of Special Interests Continues To Fade
I know that Republicans are accused of special interest politics, for example with the Christian Right (though I would argue it’s more a confluence of interests, most of the time - more on this topic another time), but the Republicans actually have an agenda that they articulate and get elected on. The only two things that define today’s Democratic Party are opposition to Bush, and cynically playing to a wide array of special interest groups.
Nowhere is that more evident than in the submissive posture the Democratic party assumes when confronted by the increasingly impotent labor unions. For a crystal-clear graphical representation of this, I refer you to this excellent post at WILLisms (hat tip to the Instapundit). Look at the chart and ask yourself - does this REALLY reflect the opinions of the Democrats, or have they crumbled under the threats of labor? At times like this, I think the future for the Republicans is very bright, indeed…
UPDATE 11:23 a.m. central: Excellent Bob Novak piece today on the backstory of the recent AFL-CIO - Teamsters split. Highly recommended…
UPDATE 2 12:39 p.m. central: More good commentary on the AFL-CIO and its embattled head John Sweeney at the Big Tent Blog…
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July 28th, 2005 at 5:55 pm
Over at The Big Tent, there’s been a lot of talk about the economics of labor unions and skilled labor and all of that lately. I encourage you to come take a look.
July 28th, 2005 at 6:37 pm
Ryan, thanks…I’m gonna link to one of ‘em shortly…
July 30th, 2005 at 1:13 pm
I would have liked to vote on your judge John Roberts at the top but it is hard to know what to think!… Actually the Democrats continuous fillibustering tactic would not surprise me a bit!… I saw your link on WILLisms.com and came over! You have a cool blog!…Thanks for having me!… I still haven’t voted on the top up there!…BUT… I may be back after I think a bit!…Thanks for having me!
July 30th, 2005 at 3:26 pm
Zsa Zsa, you’re welcome anytime…