The Myth of Conservative Democrats; Newsom’s Spin UnrealPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Nov. 10‚ 2006Now that Democrats have won the House and the Senate, the mainstream media and the right-wing noise machine have already started to spin the results. According to them, most of the new Democrats who were elected are “conservative,” and so the new Congress must tread lightly when they take on the President. Nothing can be further from the truth. Democrats won because they challenged the Bush regime on Iraq, and a close look at each individual race shows a renewed party of feisty candidates who were not afraid to challenge the status quo. We can explain the multiple factors that led to the Democratic landslide, but they certainly did not win because they moved to the right. Meanwhile, in local politics, Mayor Gavin Newsom is trying to play down the fact that he was the biggest loser on Election Night -- but he's not fooling anybody. |