[nailspitter]

You're forgetting the upper Midwest which used to be solidly Democratic and is now trending Republican. The old-time Democrats who always vote Democratic even though they disagree with 85% of what the Democrat Party now stands for simply because Franklin Roosevelt was a Democrat are rapidly dying off. Their children laugh at them and vote Republican. 10 years ago Mondale would have won that election in MN. Not anymore. The most reliably Democratic constituency in the US is rapidly leaving us. Millions of voters who simply aren't here anymore. There aren't enough immigrants to replace them. This country is turning Republican and will remain so for a long time.

[txhurl]

The most reliably Democratic constituency in the US is rapidly leaving us.

Us? Whom? Do you have the right forum? Perhaps you got lost?