On Demand
Triangulation
By Brian Lehrer
May 6, 2008
I’m curious to see if the exit polls measure the effect of the gasoline tax holiday proposal. Seems to me this is classic Bill Clinton-style triangulation. It defines McCain who wants a gas tax holiday with no windfall profits tax to pay for it as too far to the right, and Obama who wants the oil company tax but no gas tax holiday as a liberal without real people compassion. You may see it as a thing of populist beauty or of Machiavellian evil, but it’s classic Clinton!
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Comment from stuco
Date: May 6, 2008, 7:07 pm
the democratic party has to change its system of delegates. or the both parties have to change to proportional representation. hillary needs 67% of the superdelagates to win. tha’t impossible.
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