Friday, March 26, 2010

Hell No?

Robert L. Borosage posted a blog on the Huffington Post with the title of "Will Americans Reward the Party of Hell No?" As far as his credibility goes, he has a pretty lengthy background in politics and law. He is a graduate of Yale Law school and his biography also states that he is the president of the Institute for America’s Future and co-director of its sister organization, the Campaign for America’s Future. The organizations were launched by 100 prominent Americans to challenge the rightward drift in US politics, and to develop the policies, message and issue campaigns to help forge an enduring majority for progressive change in America.

Now I believe article in the Huffington Post that I am referring to is kind of hard for me to determine who exactly he is trying to target as an audience but if I had to guess, it would probably be the people who lean left. He states that, "if Democrats focus on creating jobs while pushing to curb the financial casino and protect consumers from abuses of credit card companies, payday lenders and mortgage brokers -- and Republicans continue their obstruction -- voters might just decide the election is a choice: between those struggling for change and those standing with the entrenched interests against it." He also states that, "If the jobs don't come back and Democrats decide its easier to cater to the banking lobby than to buck it, then, despite the historic achievement on health care, the Republican strategy of "hell no" might just work."  I think that I mostly agree with him.