Posted on 02/07/2016 6:59:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The most interesting question this year for political junkies is who - if anyone - can rebuild Ronald Reagan's electoral coalition. Plenty of candidates would like to do it, and plenty of them want to convince America right now that they're already doing it. But the key group of voters who could make that happen are up for grabs - and they're skeptical.
The big cultural story of the year, it's now clear, is how elites and intellectuals now abruptly admit that downwardly mobile middle-class whites, especially men, have become an important constituency and a political problem. "As we know," wrote R.R. Reno in a New York Times op-ed, "the rich are now quite a bit richer. In itself, this need not disrupt the old political consensus. More decisive is the fact that the white middle class is in decline, both economically and culturally."
Reno is convinced, with reason, that politics cannot adequately bear the burden of restoring the white middle class to a place of well-being. But on the campaign trail, the political upshot is inescapable: Rebuilding the Reagan coalition depends on capturing these voters decisively. And Republicans - whatever their deep disagreements - are united in their conviction that without inheriting Reagan's key constituency, their path to the White House is a rocky one....
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It is the broader Western culture which is in decline.
Trump’s rhetoric is aimed squarely at this constituency.
The fact that Mario is so adept at pivoting is exactly why he is DOA among the target demographic.
I personally don’t give a gilded crap for the sympathy, empathy, understanding or anything else from the modern American zeitgist. I’ll live the way I want, and to hell them all.
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[[The fact that Mario is so adept at pivoting is exactly why he is DOA among the target demographic. ]]
BINGO
He is just more of the same .
He fits right in with the GOPe that tried to attack Ronald Reagan too.
Exactly and it’s resonating .. Trump’s message is so compelling that it’s pulling in Conservative blue collar Democrats and rank & file union types .. the Dim party is very worried about a Trump nomination
R.R. Reno in a New York Times op-ed
Is that the Dike who used to be US Attorney General during Elian and Waco?
I doubt it. That was Janet Reno.
Yup.
I just can't believe some of the people who say they will vote for Trump. There's one long-haired guy from San Jose, Cal who I play poker with that says he's never voted before but, he will vote for Trump. BTW, he's in his late 50's. (Yup, long grey hair in a pony tail)
These men are Obama’s creation.
I hear you ... I had two Hipsters pointing at my stickers .. thought they were laughing at them but they came up and told me how much they liked them .. I could tell that they were genuine and I gave them several , as they had friends that wanted them too ..I was stunned to say the least
You are thinking of Janet Reno.
As a middle class white ass American, I think I can say, with pride, KMWA.
As a middle class white ass American, I think I can say, with pride, KMWA.
Trump is unequivocally the only candidate that can bring the new Reagan Democrats back into our column .. Trump is the only one who can be victorious in the must-win rust-belt states .. no one even comes close and the Dims are panicked over it
Some of the best have taken early retirement and told their organizations to get along the best they can without them.
Others have withdrawn completely and moved into the underground economy. I know a former co-worker who is making moonshine, good quality stuff which earns hard currency. Law enforcement leaves him alone because there are so many more dangerous criminals dealing drugs.
Still others (like me) can't afford to do that just yet and are hanging on not only to earn every dollar we can but because we know it would take at least two, maybe three millennial brats to replace us and we don't want to give them the opportunity just yet.
Author is a bigot
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