[lbo-talk] Moderates in Kansas Decide They're Not in GOP Anymore

[ravi]

At around 19/10/06 11:25 am, Doug Henwood wrote:
> It does seem like something big is happening here. 16% approval ratings
> are extremely rare in polling, yet the Republican Congress just earned
> that; in Gallup's measures of personal approval, Jesse Jackson is at 34%
> and Michael Jackson, 18%. The GOP can look to Paris Hilton's 15% for
> solace. You've got to wonder if the right-wing's dominance of the last
> 25-30 years is coming to an end. But there ain't much waiting in the wings.
> 

Well, the population (or rather the significant middle) is not looking
for an alternative. They just want the return of GOP-lite. The
"netroots" is agog with the hope that this is some sort of revolution in
the making, but it took Katrina, the worst case scenario in Iraq, Foley,
Abramoff and a whole lot of other crap to get them to this point (and
who knows what election day holds!).

	--ravi