(Earlier post deleted. Too many words.)
Whatever people thought they heard from Obama, there is no denying his mass popular appeal, his enormous small-donations base, or his stunning ability to draw colossal crowds, both at home and abroad.
You might consider that people don't actually *want* a program of libertarian renewal, and that this, rather than structural problems with elitism, media dominance, and so on, explains the failure of this kind of program to win elections.
-Jester
Whatever people thought they heard from Obama, there is no denying his mass popular appeal, his enormous small-donations base, or his stunning ability to draw colossal crowds, both at home and abroad.
You might consider that people don't actually *want* a program of libertarian renewal, and that this, rather than structural problems with elitism, media dominance, and so on, explains the failure of this kind of program to win elections.
-Jester