Rasmussen on super Tuesday

5 February 2008

Commenting from New York on the American super Tuesday primaries after the close of polls but before West Coast results, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said “It feels like the end of the conservative era in America.”

"The Democrats have a new confidence. The Democrats know they have two outstanding candidates and the Clinton/Obama race is generating unprecedented excitement. The three major questions for ordinary people -  the economic slowdown, health care reform and the war in Iraq - are all themes where the Democratic candidates have answers that reflect the wishes of the American people."

"I see a new pride in being progressive. The Democrats are attracting a new generation into politics. The numbers taking part in Democratic primaries is massively up, while the numbers involved in Republican primaries is down."

"Whoever wins the Democratic nomination still has a fight to beat the Republicans but I sense a hunger for change."

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