The country is tilting Republican

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[slowhand520]

Hopefully this trend will last

By E&P Staff

Published: December 14, 2004 5:00 PM ET

NEW YORK Even as a new Gallup poll shows that the public values “values” less than November exit polls suggested, another survey from the same outfit released today showed a historic surge in Republican party affiliation.

In Gallup's latest poll this month, those identifying themselves as Republicans jumped to 37% of the public, with Democrats now clearly trailing with 32%.

Democrats have long held more party members than Republicans. During the Clinton years, the bulge was about 5% to 6%. As recently as late-October of this year the Democratic edge was 37% to 34%.

Gallup noted today: “Post-election shifts in partisanship after presidential elections or midterm congressional elections are not routine, but are also not uncommon.”

Another Gallup poll also released today showed that, contrary to many press reports, “values” ranked well behind the war in Iraq, terrorism and the economy as a prime concern of Americans.

If this was posted already sorry.

[Beemnseven]

I'm well aware of the Whiskey Rebellion. Notice I said Lincoln took it farther than anyone before or since. I didn't say it had never been done.

[rdb3]

Way to contradict your own statement from one sentence to the next. First it's apples and oranges. Then, "a violation is a violation." Which is it?

Okay. Let me try it again.

I said "apples and oranges" as it pertained to violating the Tenth Amendment. When you told me about The Compromise of 1850 not involving troops, that was beside the point of what I was talking about.

You were talking about the war. I wasn't talking about the war. I was talking about the violation of federalism.

What? Did using federal troops somehow make the egregious slap in the face of the Tenth Amendment any less wrong?

I don't think so.

Fact about it, the slave holding states didn't much mind tossing out federalism when it came down to The Compromise of 1850, which suited their purpose. A violation is indeed a violation.

An offensive lineman can't complain about getting away with holding on one play, but getting flagged on another. If he held, he held.