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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mao II who wrote (56174)11/3/2004 1:08:44 PM
From: XBritRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 81568
 
>How will the Democratic Party get itself back into the mainstream? Why is it so liberal? Why is it so out of touch<

Perhaps we are seeing a re-emergence of deep north-south divisions which have been papered over since the civil war. The alliance of northern centrists and liberals, and southern bible-belters who are against the party that freed the slaves, seems to finally be over. And we are back to two different countries which have little in common.

I had been viewing the polarization as basically economic, because of the impending decline in our living standards as our demographics get older. The early stages of a fight over whether the rich or the poor take the hit for that. But seeing the large importance of social issues in the exit polls, I now think that perhaps we are seeing those much-older themes come back.



To: Mao II who wrote (56174)11/3/2004 1:10:37 PM
From: sea_biscuitRespond to of 81568
 
I agree with you. As events unravel, especially in Iraq and in the economy, all the band-aid solutions will fall apart.

The goal for the Democrats should be to focus on getting the House and/or the Senate by 2006.


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