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lancemurdoch Donating Member (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-03 11:09 PM
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Where are the Democratic candidates economically?
I'm trying to gauge who is most pro-worker and pro-union as opposed to pro-rich. I haven't really done a lot of investigation.

Here is what I think so far (From the pro-wealthy to pro-worker, in my humble opinion):

Lieberman - DLC Democrat. A moderate Republican fiscally (and otherwise)
Kerry - Lieberman light.
Dean - fairly fiscally conservative, but better than Kerry. He's been talking recently and for now I think he's enough so that I'd vote for him.
Gephardt - In this day and age, I'd say he's pretty good. He voted against NAFTA, and has always been 110% behind organized labor throughout his decades in Congress. I'm probably more of a Gephardt booster than anything. He's been in the trenches fighting for organized labor for decades.
Kucinich - I'm not sure on the specifics...I look at him and Gephardt in the same category...they're probably for the same things. Maybe Kucinich is slightly to the left, but I think he evens out because I think Gephardt would be more effective so he and Gephardt are even due to that.
Sharpton - He seems to be the farthest left...he's not planning on winning so he can afford to be.

So is this assessment good? How about Edwards, Graham and some of the people who have been low in the polls, where do they fit in?
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