I reported during the fall campaign that Barack Obama had previously accepted the endorsement of the socialist New Party. That party's affiliate in New York State is the Working Families Party. I had previously discussed how Obama's "working families" rhetoric is related to his democratic socialist vision.
In any event, it turns out that New York's Working Families Party is causing problems for Democrats in that state. The socialist party had helped Democrats attain control of the state Senate:
Now, the WFP is demanding a long-term relationship -- to the alarm of Democrats, whose more moderate constituents back home are threatening to split. Democrats worry that the force behind their takeover of the Senate last year is sowing the seeds of their downfall.
Privately, they fear that the backlash against the WFP-orchestrated state budget -- with its 9 percent spending hike and $8 billion in new taxes and fees -- has jeopardized their hold on at least three upstate seats, giving Republicans a dangerous opening.
Perhaps there is hope that the Democrats' sharp turn to the left will cause a serious reaction at the polls next time-- in New York and nationwide.
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