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11/21/24
August 21, 2002
Will an MLB strike have political fallout?: The year is 1994; a baseball strike is followed by a popular president, riding an expanding economy, losing control of Congress thanks to an angry tide of pessimistic voters. Now, eight years later, will a baseball strike effect the fortunes of Dubya? Could the man in the White House make populist hay by taking on the players and the owners, even though he was once an owner himself? Discuss.
posted by Cap'n Swing to baseball at 09:50 AM - 1 comment
No chance. Dubya may come out with some strong statements telling the two sides to get their acts together and Congress may have some members make a few speeches on the floor, but I would seriously doubt anything more than that would be done. Why? Well, it is a no-win situation, especially for a President who used to be a baseball owner. Plus, isn't it football that President's should care about? What, with the AFC/NFC Super Bowl Champ indicating a Rep or Dem will be in the White House.