Bradley in DC
06-30-2007, 01:26 PM
Wonks vs. Revolutionaries: The Biggest Division Within the Democratic Party (http://www.techcentralstation.com/)
. . . Assuming that the Democrats win in a rout in 2008, those of us who are libertarians will be on the sidelines. I wish that I could swallow Brink Lindsey's liberaltarian Kool-Aid, but the blend between liberalism and libertarianism just won't go down. And the Democrats themselves don't seem to want to touch it.
Of course, being on the sidelines is not exactly a new position for libertarians. I would say that's where we've been pretty much with the Republicans as well.
The purpose of this essay will be to focus on divisions within the Democratic Party on health care, fiscal discipline, energy and the environment, and foreign policy. Out of the factional infighting in these areas, which policies are likely to emerge? Which ones should we be rooting for as libertarians? . . .
. . . Assuming that the Democrats win in a rout in 2008, those of us who are libertarians will be on the sidelines. I wish that I could swallow Brink Lindsey's liberaltarian Kool-Aid, but the blend between liberalism and libertarianism just won't go down. And the Democrats themselves don't seem to want to touch it.
Of course, being on the sidelines is not exactly a new position for libertarians. I would say that's where we've been pretty much with the Republicans as well.
The purpose of this essay will be to focus on divisions within the Democratic Party on health care, fiscal discipline, energy and the environment, and foreign policy. Out of the factional infighting in these areas, which policies are likely to emerge? Which ones should we be rooting for as libertarians? . . .