<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/us/politics/valerie-jarrett-is-the-other-power-in-the-west-wing.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/us/politics/valerie-jarrett-is-the-other-power-in-the-west-wing.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all</a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/02/sunday-review/a-new-guide-to-the-democratic-herd.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/02/sunday-review/a-new-guide-to-the-democratic-herd.html?ref=opinion</a></div><div> </div><div>These two pieces offer more evidence, as if it was needed, that the Democratic Party merits no serious interest as a force for meaningful change from the antiwar/occupy left; similarly, the outcome of the
election.</div><div> </div><div>DG</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></body></html>