The Water Gate Babies

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The new democrats burst on to the national political scene with garry heart, a colorado senator who shocked eve one by winning the 19 84 democratic presidential primary in new hampshire. He was known as the yupe candidate, which, importantly, was the neologism of that era. And he was also known as a leader of this cohort which included bill bradley, michael ducacus, algor paul songus and tim worth,. A name given to them for their emphasis on re orienting democratic politics towards this t hite future.

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