The People Party vs the Money Party: here are the players

[Warpy]

By David Sirota 12/3/06

The fact that our nation’s politics is divided not between Democrats and Republicans but between the People Party and the Money Party is obvious to anyone who looks at the political system honestly (which is to say, not most journalists or Washington political hacks). Calls for “bipartisanship” and faux “centrism” that has nothing to do with the actual center of American public opinion are most often moves to prevent the political debate from analyzing the People vs. Money divide that actually fuels our politics. We already have plenty of “bipartisanship” - Republicans and a faction of Democrats who regularly join hands to screw over the vast majority of Americans.

Many people ask me who? Who are the leading members of both sides of the actual divide? The answer is that there is no official list because no one is forced to formally declare their allegiance to the People Party or the Money Party. But it is fairly obvious which lawmakers in the new majority have specifically defined themselves on economic justice issues. Though this is by no means a comprehensive list, here are the ones to watch in the coming Congress:

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[MannyGoldstein]

1. Thank You

Well-written.

[qwlauren35]

2. No, not quite.

There are many conservative people in the Republican party. And many wealthy people in the Democratic party. I would say it's more a question of which people are open to diversity of opinion and which are single-minded, whether it's about abortion or gay marriage or Christianity... or money.