My thought for the day is that they are embracing the allure of marxism. We may now be in the minority. What do you think?
I think you are correct, either knowingly or not the populist rhetoric of Marxism is winning the day, it always has. It just now we are in fact a slight minority in this country but enough of one to lose national elections.
Another article from the same paper:
One Thought Pushes Fence-Sitters To The Left: PalinThis suggests a problem more fundamental than ineptitude at distributing lawn signs and assigning manpower....Five weeks ago, the St. Petersburg Times convened a group of Tampa Bay voters who were undecided about the presidential election. Their strong distrust of Barack Obama suggested it was a group ripe for John McCain to win over.
Not anymore. The group has swung dramatically, if unenthusiastically, toward Democrat Obama. Most of them this week cited the same reason: Sarah Palin.
"The one thing that frightens me more than anything else are the ideologues. We've seen too many," said 80-year-old Air Force veteran Donn Spegal, a lifelong Republican from St. Petersburg, who sees McCain's new running mate as the kind of "wedge issue" social conservative that has made him disenchanted with his party....
They are not embracing Marxism they just want the Government to pay mortgages for less fortunate. They might get free healthcare out of it as well.