Reply #131: remember all of Gary Hart's talk about "special interest" in 84 - he meant unions [View All]

[Douglas Carpenter]

His whole attack on Mondale was based on attempting to paint Mondale as an old style big spending, big government liberal, pro-union New Dealer. Gary Hart may have begun his political career has George McGovern's campaign manager - but a McGovern Democrat he is not. Nor is he a New Deal Democrat or a Great Society Democrat and certainly not a social-democrat like Bernie Sanders. In fact he is one of the original "New Democrats" the same school of thought of Clinton, Obama, the DLC and that lot. If you are looking for a liberal or progressive challenger to President Obama - you need to look somewhere else.

(sorry my spell checker played a trick on me - and I didn't check back until after editing time had expired)