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voters care about are not cable-news labels, but<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>results. </strong><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Democrats didn't lose
because voters think they're too "liberal." If that were
true, how would one explain massive Democratic wins in 2006
and 2008, including by liberals in conservative districts
(such as Alan Grayson); were American voters liberal in 2006
and 2008 only to manically switch to being conservative this
year? Was Wisconsin super-liberal for the last 18 years when
it thrice elected Russ Feingold to the Senate, and then
suddenly turned hostile to liberals this year? Such an
explanation is absurd.</p>
<p style="font-family: 'lucida
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text-align: left; margin: 1em 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">"The
answer is that voters make choices based on their assessment
of the <strong>outcomes from the political class</strong>.
They revolted against the Republican Party in the prior two
elections because they hated the Iraq War and GOP corruption
(not because they thought the GOP was "too conservative"), and
they revolted against Democrats this year because<strong> they
have no jobs, are having their homes foreclosed by the
millions, are suffering severe economic anxiety, and see no
plan or promise for that to change (not because they think
Democrats are "too liberal")</strong>." [G. Greenwald]<br>
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