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To: tejek who wrote (131198)	1/31/2001 1:51:55 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1571985

Ted, The Republican Party is losing its constituency; I am not sure where you get that. More people identify themselves as Democrats, and this has held for years, if not decades. But it is always the fight for the middle. After being a minority party with more than a fair percentage of presidents in the past, the Republican party now controls solid majority of governors, growing number of state legislatures, House, Senate and now the presidency. its base is mostly rural, white, christian, upper middle class, older......hardly representative of the majority in this country. I would think that's all the incentive you would need. Add to this suburban, male, middle class, married people, parents. That's a solid base to build on. Bush has a chance to add Hispanics to this, and cut into the Dem lead with blacks - some 20% would be enough for the Democrat party to collapse in most competitive races. If that's not enough, don't forget that people are moving to the low tax, growing Republican areas from the stagnant high tax Democrat areas. This alone may add 5+ Republicans seats in the House (based on 2000 census). Joe

To: tejek who wrote (131198)	1/31/2001 2:13:51 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571985

However, if my instincts are right, it would have served Bush well to create a gov't within which there was a good mix of Democrats. By this I am assuming Ted Kennedy Democrats. If Clinton intends to govern according to his own ideas rather then those of the Democrats, then having liberal cabinet members would just get in the way. If he intends to govern according to what the Democrats want then he should have either changed parties or not bothered to run. If he governs as a Democrat he will lose the next election by a landslide if he even bothers to run because the Democrats will prefer the real thing rather then the imitation, and the Republicans will not provide much support to some one that governs as a liberal. Tim