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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (50419)	8/22/2006 6:00:53 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Good News for the future: The Fertility Gap Liberal politics will prove fruitless as long as liberals refuse to multiply. BY ARTHUR C. BROOKS Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT The midterm election looms, and once again efforts begin afresh to increase voter participation. It has become standard wisdom in American politics that voter turnout is synonymous with good citizenship, justifying just about any scheme to get people to the polls. Arizona is even considering a voter lottery, in which all voters are automatically registered for a $1 million giveaway. Polling places and liquor stores in Arizona will now have something in common. On the political left, raising the youth vote is one of the most common goals. This implicitly plays to the tired old axiom that a person under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart (whereas one who is still a liberal after 30 has no head). The trouble is, while most "get out the vote" campaigns targeting young people are proxies for the Democratic Party, these efforts haven't apparently done much to win elections for the Democrats. The explanation we often hear from the left is that the new young Democrats are more than counterbalanced by voters scared up by the Republicans on "cultural issues" like abortion, gun rights and gay marriage. But the data on young Americans tell a different story. Simply put, liberals have a big baby problem: ... Message 22743206

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (50419)	8/22/2006 6:38:05 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I just heard that very same news on TV! No doubt they will step up their fecundity when they catch on.