The New Editor has a fascinating story about an aspiring mini-revolution in Vermont that is taking place largely under the radar screen of the national media.
It comes to a head today when one-fifth of Vermont towns will consider what role the Vermont National Guardshould play in the war, and whether American troops should be withdrawn. The New Editor notes:
The next time you hear someone tell you that DNC chair Howard Dean had a “centrist”record in Vermont when he was governor, remember this story and one other thing about Vermont: the state’s one at-large representative in the US House is Bernie Sanders, a
socialist elected as an independent, who has won at least 55% of the vote in seven of hiseight winning campaigns for the House (in his last four campaigns Sanders has won with more than 60% of the vote: 63% in 1998, 69% in 2000, 64% in 2002, and 67% in 2004). I
think one could say with a high degree of certitude that a Vermont centrist might be a littledifferent than a centrist in other regions of the country.
Read the entire post.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.