Ms. Drew continues to be probably the most astute analyst of American politics, still practicing the art. Her take on the mid-term elections is just brilliant.
In a speech he gave to a dinner in New York on November 15, Bill Clinton said that the midterm elections were in large part a rejection of unthinking ideology—the Iraq war, extremism on social issues, rancid rhetoric about illegal immigrants. Clinton said that the voters had "elected us to think"—to consider the facts, even inconvenient ones—before acting. He also argued that the Democrats had been given "not a mandate but an opportunity."
Read the rest in NYRB at:http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19795
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