You almost want to say "duh" after reading the front-page story in today's New York Times about the Democrats catching the anti-Wal-Mart wave. Here are the two key paragraphs:
The focus on Wal-Mart is part of a broader strategy of addressing what Democrats say is general economic anxiety and a growing sense that economic gains of recent years have not benefited the middle class or the working poor.
Their alliance with the anti-Wal-Mart campaign dovetails with their emphasis in Washington on raising the minimum wage and doing more to make health insurance affordable. It also suggests they will go into the midterm Congressional elections this fall and the 2008 presidential race striking a populist tone.
Don't you love the weak-knees of the Times reporters who can only say "a growing sense" that working people have been screwed by the economy. Those are simply facts, which should have been laid out in the article.
But, then, there is the warning:
Some Democrats expressed concern about the direction the party was heading, saying it could turn back efforts by such party leaders as former President Bill Clinton to erase the image of the party as anti-business and scare off corporations that might be inclined to make contributions.
"Some Democrats?" Hmmm...who could they be? Perhaps some of the Wal-Mart-22 or denizens of the Democratic Leadership Council?
Wal-Mart's latest trick is to paint itself "green". They've co-opted Adam Wehrbach. I guess he's decided that "Bridging the labor-environmental gap" just isn't all that important after all.
Posted by: The Continental Op | August 17, 2006 at 01:04 PM
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