Election-year liberalism
Democrats and progressives are riding high going into the 2008 election does that signal Americans’ embrace of liberal values, or just widespread frustration with Bush’s presidency? Can Democrats campaign as the national-security party, or are their bread-and-butter issues still social welfare and economic equality? Historian and author Rick Perlstein debates the American left’s evolution and future with Jasmyne Cannick, a local writer and blogger who has worked extensively with Democratic politicians.