A20 NEW YORK/REGION B1-6 SenateSenate Republicans Show a More Liberal Side The Senate Republicans, long a redoubt of conservatism in a liberal state, have made an astonishing march leftward in approving legislation in the last several months, with an election looming.
Republican evangelicals were made wary when the front-runner revealed a more liberal side to his social views.
He or she has a left or liberal side: most people oppose unjustified wealth and hierarchies (though might disagree about the definition of unjustified), are suspicious of authority, are comfortable with "abroad" and support equal rights (including for women and minorities).
He lost the next election in 1966, was elected the following year, and has served continuously since then, unwavering in a philosophy that he calls "on the liberal side". Warren Weber, a conservative on the board, said, "You'd have to look a long way to find anyone who makes any greater effort than Walter Shatford to represent his constituents and deal with his fellow board members.
Both Obama and [Bill] Clinton understood that playing identity politics in electoral politics is a disaster for the liberal side.
But there's also a more moderate, even liberal side of Dr. Carson, which may be more appealing to mainstream Americans, which could make him less popular with the very conservatives who liked his more provocative comments.
Although affluent, his followers tend to be on the liberal side: an interloper was roundly heckled and booed when he suggested that Buffett's pro-choice abortion stance was an encouragement to promiscuity among the young.
The Democracy Alliance is an activist group on the liberal side of things, and they've got a new plan which deserves mentioning and honoring.
"I want a Brennan or a Marshall, someone clearly on the liberal side," said Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, referring to liberal court icons William J. Brennan and Thurgood Marshall.
But it is worth noting that the liberal side has a defect of its own.
