Extra! 2004 Ed. 6 – Update June

June 1, 2004

Move to the Right!

With John Kerry having emerged as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, prominent TV and print pundits are peddling the same campaign advice they give Democratic candidates every four years: Move to the right, abandon progressive stances and occupy the political center. At Newsweek, political reporter Howard Fineman (4/12/04) counseled Kerry to craft “a coherent, centrist […]

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