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To: JohnM who wrote (283698)	11/23/2015 11:18:36 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540752

Absolutely. I'm concerned. But for the most part, they're old, and marginalized, and unlikely to be able to do much. And they're dying off much faster than dems. They may not go quietly, but they'll probably unite the rest of the country against them- and that could be nice. Time will tell, of course. But Trump breaking off to run his own strange side show could be a healthy phenomenon for the Dems- as I would think it would virtually guarantee a dem win. And that would be lovely. politico.com

To: JohnM who wrote (283698)	11/23/2015 11:25:34 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 540752

It's hard to imagine a serious Father Couglin moment without the unemployment statistics of the depression, but we may well be going there. The problem is that the official unemployment rate understates real unemployment and, especially, underemployment. And as the population ages, even if a lot of older people are employed, they are employed in low paying jobs and they don't have much financial security. Which leads to more fearfulness. Which favors the Rs, unless there is an FDR lurking in the background somewhere that I don't know about. There could be one, of course. In 1927-28, I don't think anyone thought that Franklin Roosevelt would become FDR, if you grok that.