[lbo-talk] Kevin Phillips: No Demographic Trend to Save Us FromBush

[Carl Remick]

>From: Jon Johanning <jjohanning at igc.org>
>
>On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 04:31  PM, mike larkin quoted:
>
>>He had always believed that describing the world was one way to change it. 
>>But thereís a bedrock of exhaustion in this book, the idea that mustering 
>>facts and making arguments may not be sufficient to serve the dynasty its 
>>just desserts. Heís not an apostate, exactly; itís the world thatís moved 
>>on."
>
>Well, if he thought that a Keven Phillips book would change the world, he 
>is suffering from a wee bit of egomania, no?

Actually, judging from the record, Kevin Phillips' expectations weren't 
totally unrealistic.  Phillips' 1969 "The Emerging Republican Majority" was, 
as I recall, as much a catalyst of the GOP's wildly successful Sunbelt 
Strategy as it was an analysis of the phenomenon.  I would credit Phillips 
with playing a large role indeed in creating the GOP-centric world we now 
inhabit.

Carl

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