Legal Commentary

Cohn Concession: Liberals Should Not Clap If They Are Not Happy

By Big Tent Democrat

In a strange reply to Atrios's point that if liberal enthusiasm is important to Democratic political success then maybe Dems should put some effort in sparking liberal enthusiasm, Jon Cohn writes:

Of course, liberals shouldn't be enthusiastic about the Democrats, let alone support them, if they think Democrats aren't fighting for liberal causes and at least having some success. But that's a different argument.

(Emphasis supplied.) How is that a different argument exactly? Cohn was berating "liberals" for not clapping loud enough -- Cohn is happy so they should be too. Atrios' point is that if liberals not clapping loud enough is a political problem for Dems, then maybe, just maybe, Dems (and Cohn) should be thinking about why liberals are not clapping loud enough and start to think about things they could do that would make them clap louder. Here's a tip - berating them as stupid and foolish for not clapping loud enough is not a good strategy.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 03, 2010 (boomark / email).