[Son House]

So on the Democrat side, everyone knows Santa Claus, nobody understands Economics.

[thouworm]

I am having trouble sourcing my "facts," which I usually like to do, but I also have heard reliable sources say that in questions on ideology/philosophy non-Repubs are closer to Repubs than most seem to have thought.

And on the Santa-Claus factor, Frank Luntz was interviewed by Hannity radio yesterday (of course the inane Hannity kept interrupting and interjecting his opinion). Luntz---I paraphrase badly)---said Repubs don't need to compromise their values; they need to change their language.

Luntz said their were buzzwords that affect these people---specifically 20 of them (of which Hannity would only let Luntz name 2---lol)

Luntz also said that they value and weigh more that a candidate empathizes with them over the actual position a candidate espouses. Luntz seemed startled by these findings and was anxious to share them, but Hannity was too full of himself to give Luntz the time he needed. I'm not a big Luntz fan, but I was intrigued by his statements and am hoping he writes a big article on his findings.