Comments on: Meanwhile, on the DLP front… http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/14/meanwhile-on-the-dlp-front/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 5 Sep 2008 13:49:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Andy Jackson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/14/meanwhile-on-the-dlp-front/#comment-81894 Andy Jackson Tue, 15 May 2007 00:27:55 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/14/meanwhile-on-the-dlp-front/#comment-81894 His problem is that he has no base. The right is going to back Lee Myung-bak or Park Geun-hye. The left will not support him because of his support of the ROKUSAFTA and his general "neoliberal" tendencies (there is a reason that Sohn was a moderate GNPer and not a moderate Uri guy). Eventually a more conventional progressive will rise and pass him. He seems to be the second choice for a lot of people and would make a good VP if Korea had such a position. If he does happen to get the backing of one of the new party alliances, I expect that the DLP candidate will get up to 15% of the vote in the December election. Others know this as well, which is why I think he will not get major party backing. But I could be wrong as I have been before. I missed the Uri break-up by two months (I had called it for December of 2006). His problem is that he has no base.

The right is going to back Lee Myung-bak or Park Geun-hye. The left will not support him because of his support of the ROKUSAFTA and his general “neoliberal” tendencies (there is a reason that Sohn was a moderate GNPer and not a moderate Uri guy). Eventually a more conventional progressive will rise and pass him.

He seems to be the second choice for a lot of people and would make a good VP if Korea had such a position.

If he does happen to get the backing of one of the new party alliances, I expect that the DLP candidate will get up to 15% of the vote in the December election. Others know this as well, which is why I think he will not get major party backing.

But I could be wrong as I have been before. I missed the Uri break-up by two months (I had called it for December of 2006).

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/14/meanwhile-on-the-dlp-front/#comment-81892 michael Tue, 15 May 2007 00:11:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/14/meanwhile-on-the-dlp-front/#comment-81892 Why do you think Sohn will go? Isn't he polling better than the other liberals? Why do you think Sohn will go? Isn’t he polling better than the other liberals?

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