Re: cooper on the Gray demise of the Lib-Dems

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

obviously, Cooper doesn't like Camejo, for whatever reason. I thought, however, that one of MC's points was that the progressive wing and ethnic-minority grassroots of the DP (which are not the object of MC's derision here) sat out because Gray Davis was so bad. And most of them -- and MC, I'd guess -- are wedded to the lesser of two weevils logic which says if you're not voting for Ah-nold or Bustamente, you might as well vote for Gary Coleman or Mary Carey or Larry Flynt. 
 
Davis' explanation --  right white nativist anti-immigrant uprising fueled by talk shows  -- is true, but only part of the story. It's not only who voted for der Gropenfuehrer but also who didn't vote for Davis, or Bustamente. There were also a lot of people who voted for Mr. Universe for reasons besides those highlighted by Davis.
 
btw, MC's article is from the curent L.A. WEEKLY.
Jim

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	From: Doug Henwood [mailto:dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx] 
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	As Eudora told me, the word "Camejo" was not found in this piece.
	Why, if this was a not-unadmirable uprising, as Marc Cooper argues,
	was there not more support for him (or Huffington)? Mike Davis'
	explanation - that it was a right white nativist anti-immigrant
	uprising fueled by talk shows  - seems more compelling, given the
	demographics of the vote. Arnie's vote was highest in the above-$75k
	households.
	
	Doug