[Imc-chicago-audio] Interviews Available: Democratic Success in '06 and Beyond

[Erin Polgreen]

Interviews  with David Sirota, Christopher Hayes and Thomas F.  
Schaller on the future of a democratic majority available.

Contact Erin Polgreen at 773/772.0100 or via e-mail for more  
information.

MEDIA ALERT
October 18, 2006 | For Immediate Release

Is 2006 the Year of the Donkey?

Download a PDF of this issue at http://www.inthesetimes.com/pdf/ 
InTheseTimes30-10.pdf

The latest issue of In These Times zeroes in on the political  
strategies, emerging issues and rising political stars working to  
ensure Democratic success in 2006 and beyond.

In “Where the Seats Are,” Thomas F. Schaller, author of Whistling  
Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South, outlines a  
strategy for the Dems to win in 2006—and keep winning in 2008. The  
key, Schaller writes, lies in a new regional formula based on the “4- 
D Rectangle”—a territory that has as its cornerstones Dover, New  
Hampshire, Dover, Delaware,Des Moines, Iowa, and Duluth, Minnesota.

While “Democrats will never be shut out of the South, as Republicans  
once were,” Schaller writes, the new, and ultimately more feasible  
strategy is “to forge a [lasting] house majority by converting the  
purple Midwest states blue and make the blue states of the Northeast  
bluer.” See Page 20.

Whoever wins in November, In These Times Senior Editor David Sirota  
writes, divisions in the Democratic Party are sure to grow larger. In  
“Dueling Democrats,” Sirota pinpoints issues such as international  
economic policy and war profiteering that could lead to “the shortest- 
lived congressional majority in American history” if the Democrats do  
not foster equilibrium in 2007.

“Progressives must not be tricked by the usual Democratic Party  
propaganda that promises a utopia after election,” Sirota writes. “No  
matter what the outcome on November 7, a new fight begins on November  
8.” See Page 23.

In other news…
In “The Abramoff Babies,” In These Times Senior Editor Christopher  
Hayes connects the post-Watergate reformers of the 1970s to today’s  
democratic “darlings” and reminds constituents to be vigilant. “After  
the election, it will fall to the unelected progressives to make sure  
that this generation’s Melissa Beans from becoming the next  
generation’s Norm Minettas,” Hayes writes. See Page 4.

And In These Times Senior Editor Laura Washington reports on the next  
generation of black political leaders, including Jesse Jackson Jr.  
and Adrian Fenty in “Year of the Black Political Candidate.” “From  
Chicago to Newark,” Washington writes, “the fiery preachers are being  
eased aside by political professionals armed with polls, mailing  
lists and PACS.” See Page 17.
—30—

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international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and  
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Web site: www.inthesetimes.com.





Erin Polgreen
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In These Times
Phone: (773) 772-0100 ext. 225
Fax: (773)772-4180
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