Reply #69: His party A Party B theory is bullshit

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Clinton is no populist.

There is a Party A and a Party B, but it doesn't break along the lines he laid out. Party A is the group that has become very comfortable losing to Republicans, but winning enough to get the leftover scraps at the feeding trough. All they have to do is act like Republicans.

Party B is the group that believes in the bedrock issues that go back to the foundation of the Party.

In numbers, probably 80% of the common people would naturally put themselves in the B column, but usually it is not even an option because the A people have had control over the party apparatus. As remarkable and as welcome as Obama's campaign as been, it could not have been possible if we had not succeeded in getting Dean into the chairman slot. He has fundamentally changed the Party from the inside out.

In simple terms, Party A is the CLintons and the DLC. Party B is Dean, Obama and the 50-state movement.

Carville's view of the parties would make a lot more sense if his gang had not been so eager to cave into Republicans at every opportunity.