The politics of eugene mc carthy's failed 19 68 anti war primary candidacy. And then george mc governs failed 19 72 anti war election campaign for president. The clintons were both involved in themc govern campaign. Garry hart was mc govern's campaign manager. Yes, how did the politics of this corner of the new left lay the groundwork for the neoliberal third way?
Dan's second episode with historian Lily Geismer, who he interviewed in 2019 about Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party. This interview is on Left Behind: The Democrats' Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality, which details the long history of Clintonism and the Democrats’ neoliberal turn.
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Listen to Geismer's first Dig interview: thedigradio.com/podcast/race-and-class-in-the-liberal-suburbs-with-lily-geismer
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