Post a Comment. Wednesday, March 17, Show older posts Showing newest 15 of posts from January Obama says change has not come fast enough for most people and he will focus on job creation.
It is one of leadership, politics and organization. Many lessons are being drawn by the Democratic Party leadership, various liberal pundits, labor union leaders and others about what happened in Massachusetts. But, simply stated, there is one overriding lesson. Having to choose between the needs of their base β the masses of workers, the poor and oppressed communities, and the progressive middle class β and their corporate masters, the top Democratic Party leadership showed once again that it is a captive of corporations and their lobbyists.
The administration is surrounded by bankers, finance officials, corporate representatives, generals and admirals β just as every previous administration has been. Hand-in-hand: Big business and governmentThe understandable enthusiasm and high hopes that accompanied the historic election of the first African-American president, and the pushing back of racism that this represented, are waning as Barack Obama follows the well-trodden path of all those who step into the role of chief executive for U.
The disillusionment and anger that were bound to set in were first expressed in the defeat of liberal multimillionaire and former banker Gov. John Corzine of New Jersey. The defeat of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic candidate for senator in that state, is another expression of that same disillusionment.
The problem at the moment is that the right wing is feeding on that disillusionment, and will try to gain ground within the working class and the middle class to sow racism, militaristic ideology and division, in the midst of a deepening economic crisis. The Brown victory has thrown the Democratic Party and the Obama administration into a crisis. The Brown victory further signified that Democratic candidates may be in jeopardy in the congressional elections.
