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The Democratic identity
By Bruce Brenna
With the New Hampshire primary
just one week away the final push by
die candidates has begun. Forget the
Republican side for the time being and
look at wha t will be considered a rea-
lignment for the Democrats. /
Four years ago Mike Dukakis lost
to George Bush in what was the worst-
run presidential campaign in history.
Dukakis invented new ways to screw
up; But, what was new for the Demo¬
crats? They have lost five of the last
six presidential elections. But from the
ashes of four landslide defeats has
come the "new" Democrats. These
"pew" demos have -seen that the "tra-
ditional" democratic ways have not
been totally successful. Maybe the
voters know something after all about
what it takes to run a country.  ,
The shift has been led by Bill
Clinton and Paul Tsongas. Left behind
in the old cement shoes of the past are
Bob Kersey and Tom Harkin. The
"new" demos are willing to accept that
pushing for social programs does not -
/-*- benefit all the citizens of this country.
The programs of me "Great Society" of
. the 1960s have not succeeded. This
"new" breed of Democrats do not see
the business community as the arch¬
enemy and are in favor of long-range
tax cuts that will stimulate the econ-   -
omy, but they are still Democrats
•  because they believe me government
N   should keep a strong hand in the
management of the country. Republi¬
cans/ as you well remember, want to
eliminate as much government as
possible because it interferes with the
operations of the free market.
Clinton and Tsongas are not
against helping the poor; on the con¬
trary, they believe that all Americans/
especially those who are downtrod¬
den, should have strong secure jobs.
These unfortunate people/ if they
don't >-: ve a job, will need to be
provided for by the government. The
poor have a better chance of getting
ahead by having a job that they can
take pride in. They way to help the
destitute is not through huge govern-
mental aid programs/ like Kerrey and
Harkin have voted for as senators/
but by helping small businesses get
started and succeed. These are also
the type of jobs that most of you will
end up with at the end of your college
years, For the past 10 years the
number of small businesses has been
decreasing in this country, and that's
one of this counh/s problems.
By pushing policies for pro-
growth, like a reduction in the invest¬
ment tax credit and capital gains, for
U-S. companies ornly.ih«se "new"
Democrats are gaining support from
middle of the road swing voters     *
(better known as Reagan Democrats).
This is why Clinton and Tsongas
have support from the New Hamp¬
shire voters that, when combined, is
more than 55 rjercent and Kerrey and
Harkin have less than 20 percent
between them. ,
The "hew" Democrats are in
favor of a strong education policy that
will compete with other nations like
Japan and Germany, as well as keep-
ing government spending in check.
The old-style Democrats have been
too willing to spend without concern
for the long term effects. The two
sides will continue to collide for the
next few years and the Democratic
primary race will be just the begin¬
ning.
In the end maybe the voters know
what's best and ifs a possibility mat
the "new" democratic candidates
y  have seen what the voters know.
Reader offended
by house-ad, ASI
To the editor and staff of The Daily
Collegian. "*-
I have several complaints abou t the
product you are putting out First are the'
attacks on readers that I have seen in
columns and in boxes used to fill in space.
One of which read something like/ "Read
it and like it or turn off the TV*; get a
pencil and you try it" Just tell me how
and I will. Especially since I now know
that 1 will be paid for it As was so
graciously pointed out by one of you're
(sic) writers, when he was trying to
defend the poor quality of his work by
saying that the pay was very low. If I was
doing a job that I was paid for I would
think that the result would be a little"
better.
Another gripe I have is the childish
way you call people names when they
don't agree with your opinion. As an
example/ the editor's note on the YAF
letter in todays (sic) paper. While I don't
agree with the opinion expressed/1
recognize the author's right to speak.
Third/ a complaint directed against
someone else, the ASI, Associated
Students, NOT. Associated Sloths is more
like it Come on folks we're in college not
high school. You don't need to find an
excuse to skip classes/ less work for
professors arid TA's (sic) and their (sic)
still getting paid for it I guess I can't
blame the paper for supporting the ASI,
because you donl bite the hand that feeds
you (unless that hand beats you also).
Finally I'd like to say that if you are
trying to be a profcssio rul-looki ng paper
you need to sound and act like one.
Sincerely,
Lucas A, Heck
Editor's note—read it and like it and if
you don't then turn off the TV,get a penal
and write a letter to the editor. Grammar-
check is advised.
The Daily Collegian
Editor in Chief.
Mkhelle Martin
Managing Editor
YuTingHuang
NewsEditon
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Richard James
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Jason Terada
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Photographers:
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* Advertising Manager
Shannon Wentworth           *
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