[A. Pole]

Republicans owe much of their electoral success to crossovers from patriotic, socially conservative, working-class voters. Their views on non-economic issues are the reason why. But if this trend continues, it gives the 'Rats an opening.

The opening is already there and huge! But the Democrats are ever more pigheaded - as abortion, athesim and pederasty are the most important for them.

So when so called Reagan Democrats are given choice between promotion of decadence or undermining their wages they are forced to chose the second as smaller evil.

If ever Democrats returned to the old style New Deal with the concern for working class and morality they would win with the one hand tied behing their back each time like FDR was winning.

[oceanview]

that's true - the fact that Kerry cannot form any kind of message centered around economic populism is good news for Bush, politically speaking.

[ninenot]

If ever Democrats returned to the old style New Deal with the concern for working class and morality they would win with the one hand tied behing their back each time like FDR was winning.

Truer words were never spoken, aside from your reference to the Dimmies as being "pigheaded" about decadence.

[Redcloak]

Are you one of the 29?

[ex-snook]

Confucius Say:

"American who look for job
find pay oriented."

[Nowhere Man]

The opening is already there and huge! But the Democrats are ever more pigheaded - as abortion, athesim and pederasty are the most important for them.

So when so called Reagan Democrats are given choice between promotion of decadence or undermining their wages they are forced to chose the second as smaller evil.

If ever Democrats returned to the old style New Deal with the concern for working class and morality they would win with the one hand tied behing their back each time like FDR was winning.

It looks that way, here in Pittsburgh, we still have lifelong Democrats that voted or could vote for Ronald Reagan, yet, they will not vote for President Bush because of the perception and reality of these economic issues. Most of these people are not for things like homosexual marriage, abortion, and tend to be conservative socially, but even with those shortcomings of the Democrats, they still can bring voters in on economic issues. Of course, the Democrats don't really do much when it comes to our borders and I think they do very little against the tide of free trade, but what matters is their rhetoric.

Myself, I'm staying with the President over social and military issues, but economically I do have some bones to pick with him (although equally, I think John Kerry is just as bad) but I feel overall President Bush is a lot better for the country. I could see myself voting for a Hubert Humphrey, Harry Truman, or even an FDR, or in today's world an Ed Koch, Zell Miller, Jim Traficant, or Joe Lieberman, but the Democrats keep offering these throwback hippies from the 1960's with their free love agenda and so on, no way. I guess I do have some "Pittsburgh Democrat" (pro-labor, pro-union, pro-gun, pro-family, protectionist, etc) in me after all. B-P I do realize though that most Democrats today are not like their ancestors though so I tend to stick Republican.

It sees like though both sides are out to luch when it comes to "borders, language, and culture." (with apologies to Michael Savage)