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"Harry Hope" |
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26 Mar 2007 03:40:38 PM |
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An End to the Republican Conservative Era? |
http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2007/03/post_3233.html#016012
March 26, 2007
By J. Goodrich
AN END TO THE REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE ERA.
That was Bruce Bartlett's reaction on hearing about the new Pew
Research Center survey on the political views of Americans.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shift23mar23,0,195804.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Bartlett is a conservative analyst but also the author of an anti-Bush
book.
And what caused his strong statement?
This: http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=312
Increased public support for the social safety net, signs of growing
public concern about income inequality, and a diminished appetite for
assertive national security policies have improved the political
landscape for the Democrats as the 2008 presidential campaign gets
underway.
At the same time, many of the key trends that nurtured the Republican
resurgence in the mid-1990s have moderated, according to Pew's
longitudinal measures of the public's basic political, social and
economic values.
The proportion of Americans who support traditional social values has
edged downward since 1994, while the proportion of Americans
expressing strong personal religious commitment also has declined
modestly.
Even more striking than the changes in some core political and social
values is the dramatic shift in party identification that has occurred
during the past five years.
In 2002, the country was equally divided along partisan lines:
43% identified with the Republican Party or leaned to the GOP, while
an identical proportion said they were Democrats.
Today, half of the public (50%) either identifies as a Democrat or
says they lean to the Democratic Party, compared with 35% who align
with the GOP.
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Harry
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| User: "Transition Zone" |
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| Title: Re: An End to the Republican Conservative Era? |
26 Mar 2007 03:59:34 PM |
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On Mar 26, 4:40 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2007/03/post_3233.html#016012
March 26, 2007
By J. Goodrich
AN END TO THE REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE ERA.
That was Bruce Bartlett's reaction on hearing about the new Pew
Research Center survey on the political views of Americans.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shift23mar23,0,1...
Bartlett is a conservative analyst but also the author of an anti-Bush
book.
And what caused his strong statement?
This:http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=312
Increased public support for the social safety net, signs of growing
public concern about income inequality, and a diminished appetite for
assertive national security policies have improved the political
landscape for the Democrats as the 2008 presidential campaign gets
underway.
At the same time, many of the key trends that nurtured the Republican
resurgence in the mid-1990s have moderated, according to Pew's
longitudinal measures of the public's basic political, social and
economic values.
The proportion of Americans who support traditional social values has
edged downward since 1994, while the proportion of Americans
expressing strong personal religious commitment also has declined
modestly.
Even more striking than the changes in some core political and social
values is the dramatic shift in party identification that has occurred
during the past five years.
In 2002, the country was equally divided along partisan lines:
43% identified with the Republican Party or leaned to the GOP, while
an identical proportion said they were Democrats.
Today, half of the public (50%) either identifies as a Democrat or
says they lean to the Democratic Party, compared with 35% who align
with the GOP.
Harry
AN END TO THE REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE ERA ?? Oh yes, and with ease.
The repubs top guy McCain making "tar baby" racist statements left and
right while being as bloodthirsty as possible on continuing to see US
Troops die for nothing.
All this on the heels of the new 655,000+ civilian dead in Iraq since
Saddam lost power. All Bush/Blair can do is take the easy road and
*deny, deny, deny* these new figures.
Its a hit outta the park. I wouldn't be surprised to see repubs out of
power for the next 40 again.
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