Joan Walsh on Tavis Smiley

Recently Tavis Smiley did a truly outstanding interview of Joan Walsh on PBS. I had recorded it on my DVR and just watched it last night. She is a 50'ish, very intelligent, sensible, and moderate sounding lady. I recommend highly that everyone watch this interview.

One of the points that she made during the interview is that during the last 30 years the Democrats have been forced to move closer to big business in order to get the funding they needed to get candidates elected. Inevitably this has meant that the Democratic party's position on a great many issues has gradually moved much closer to that of the Republicans. Sometimes it has become difficult to tell the difference between the two political parties.

She contends that this is one of the factors that caused the Democrat's stunning defeat. I would add that the conservative Democrats (Blue Dogs) suffered far more electoral losses than the liberal and progressive Democrats.
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LINK TO PBS TV SHOW: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/201011/20101108.html

LINK TO WIKI ARTICLE ON JOAN WALSH: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Walsh

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http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joan_walsh/politics/2010/11/07/2010_elections/index.html
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