Forward march: sure, Democrats lose some votes because of the stands they take on cultural issues. Funny thing, though--on policy, they usually end up winning. So why change?(Principles)
American Prospect, The, March, 2004 by Yglesias, Matthew
WHEN THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME Judicial Court ruled on November 18 that gay and lesbian couples have a right to marriage under the state constitution, the predominant mood among liberals was not jubilation, as one might have expected, but a sense of fore boding that George W. Bush, the Republican Party, and the spin doctors of the hard right had just been handed a potent wedge issue to use against the Democrats come election day.
Similarly, much of the anxiety provoked by Howard Dean's presidential bid seems to have been directed not so much at the candidate's policies or his ...
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