Call me a pessimist but doesn't history suggest that counting the right wing down for the count is a big mistake? Since the bottom line in everyman's accounting is whether they have food on the table, and we don't know really know how deep this recession will go, there may still be room for some charismatic right-wing leader (thank god I can't think of anybody in the present camp "charismatic" enough) to convince everyman that the problem is big government - or social welfare programs, or the immigrants, or the anti-Christ's, or the Jews (which seems to have worked well in the past.)
- Bill
farmelantj at juno.com wrote:
> It looks like the GOP is becoming
> a strictly regional party, mainly
> concentrated in Old Dixie, which is
> quite a stunning turn around, given given
> that party's origins and history.
> I guess Nixon's Southern strategy
> has worked all too well.
>
> It looks like the GOP is going to
> be pretty much dead in the Northeast
> and the far West.
>
> Jim F.
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] a Specter is haunting the GOP...
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:45:09 -0400
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> POLITICO Breaking News:
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> Veteran Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will announce today that he's
> leaving the Republican Party to become a Democrat, sources tell
> POLITICO.
>
> For more information...http://www.politico.com
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