I'm not sure how we could still be a center-right country when the Speaker of the House and the President of the United States are two of the most left-wing, if not THE most left-wing politicians to hold those offices. Plus, the Dems won the Presidency with an inexperienced black candidate with a foreign name while also collecting very comfortable majorities in both the House and Senate. They have also picked up many gubernatorial seats and hold a majority of the governorships.
As for the Reagan Democrats, Reagan first came to office almost 30 years ago. The Reagan Democrats were a much older demographic then and an even older demographic now, with many that have already passed on.
I don't know exactly how the GOP will come back to the strength in enjoyed in the first half of this decade, but I'm confident that the Reagan Democrats won't be a significant reason why as they are a shrinking demographic - shrinking in number and shrinking as a percentage of the total electorate.
By the Democrats showing themselves total asses when they get to run the kindergarten.
The speaker of the House comes from SF and the President was elected on the basis of hope and change and little else. Obama ran on some conservative issues like tax cuts for 95% of the people, strong defense, fiscal discipline, reducing government, etc. Now that the Dems control the WH and Congress, we will see what the electorate's response is to the biggest expansion of government since the New Deal and increased taxes once the impact of the huge deficits is felt. According to recent Rasmussen polls, 57% of the public believes America is on the wrong track.
Take a look at this poll information The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 34% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-two percent (32%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +2
Fifty-two percent (52%) now are concerned that the government will end up doing too much in response to the nation’s economic challenges. That’s the highest level of concern since last November’s Presidential Election. Just 31% now worry the government will do too little. Ffty-one percent (51%) have a favorable opinion of last week’s tea parties, but the Political Class strongly disagrees.
Plus, the Dems won the Presidency with an inexperienced black candidate with a foreign name while also collecting very comfortable majorities in both the House and Senate. They have also picked up many gubernatorial seats and hold a majority of the governorships.
The Dems are in charge now. But they are overreaching. Rudy could take the NY governorship if he runs. Deval Patrick in MA enjoys a 33% approval rating. The Dems now own the economy. The tea parties are just the tip of the iceberg if we continue to suffer high unemployment. The Bureau of Labor statistics for March 2009 show a national unemployment rate of 8.5 percent, including 13.3 percent for blacks and 11.4 percent for Hispanics. 13.2 million Americans are unemployed. Despite the economic downturn, the U.S. continues to bring in 138,000 new foreign workers a month. This includes new permanent residents (green cards) and long-term temporary visas and others who are authorized to take a job. This makes no sense.
As for the Reagan Democrats, Reagan first came to office almost 30 years ago. The Reagan Democrats were a much older demographic then and an even older demographic now, with many that have already passed on.
No, they were blue collar whites. And they come in all age groups. If McCain had won 60% of the white vote instead of 55%, he would be President today. If he had received 70% of the Hispanic vote and just 55% of the white vote, he would still have lost.
I don't know exactly how the GOP will come back to the strength in enjoyed in the first half of this decade, but I'm confident that the Reagan Democrats won't be a significant reason why as they are a shrinking demographic - shrinking in number and shrinking as a percentage of the total electorate.
Non-Hispanic whites comprise 66% of the population. 51% of Hispanics describe themselves as white. The size of the Latino voting population should be kept in perspective alongside other subsets of the electorate. An estimated 11.8 million voters were of Latino ancestry, compared with 17 million African Americans, 19.7 million veterans, 23.6 million young people, 45 million conservatives, and 34 million born-again white Christians.
We are an aging population. With one in five being over 65 in 2030, there are plenty of cross-cutting issues that go beyond race and ethnicity. People on fixed incomes don't want higher property taxes. There are plenty of issues, including immigration that can be winning issues for Reps if they use them the right way.