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JHan

(10,173 posts)
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 08:41 AM Apr 2017

Needed: A Democratic Shadow Cabinet.

Interesting idea from Robert Kuttner, at Huffington Post

"Once a week, the Democratic front bench could hold its own press briefing; and particular spokespeople could be the ones to whom the media would turn. The press would have to cover this, much as they cover Sean Spicer’s zany White House briefings—and the contrast would be startling. The bizarre versus the normal. Fact versus fantasy."


might as well?

It's a feature of the Westminster system, but why not? Our politics is becoming as adversarial and ideologically monolithic and the center is disappearing.-sure we have a sprinkling of blue dogs and there are some moderate republicans but it's a far cry from the days of the rockefeller republican.
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Needed: A Democratic Shadow Cabinet. (Original Post) JHan Apr 2017 OP
I think this is a great idea (nt) matt819 Apr 2017 #1
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