[Mb-civic] Are Democrats Painted Into a Corner? Not Yet

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DEMOCRATS PAINTED INTO A CORNER? NOT YET

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Are Democrats Painted Into a Corner? Not Yet 
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The National Endowment for the Arts is a perfect target in the culture wars.

Jonathan Chait

November 19 2004

After discovering that 59 million Americans voted to reelect a demonstrably failed president largely because he related to their culture and values, Democrats spent about a week desperately casting about for some social issue to chuck overboard so they could get right with middle America. Alas, after running through the usual list, they decided that they weren't prepared to abandon abortion or gay rights and had all but given up on gun control anyway, so there wasn't much they could do. 

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