The House Democratic Caucus - I'm Sorry to Lose People

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In the 1980s, a group of democrats were trying to come up with a new agenda. In many ways, garry harts ninete eghty four campaign becomes like a vessel for this argument. So he really like a, sort of, it becomes a kind of symbol of these ideas. And as you mention, it did actually do quite well. We can talk about it two but jessie jackson isisted.

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. Read the latest newsletter. It's on what Ruthie meant when she said abolition was another word for communism: thedigradio.com/newsletter31 Listen to Geismer's first Dig interview: thedigradio.com/podcast/race-and-class-in-the-liberal-suburbs-with-lily-geismer Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig