[Alberta's Child]

All good points. The real problem in New Jersey is one that is being replicated all over the country. It's suburbanization, and it explains the dramatic political shifts that have taken place in previously "red" states like Virginia and North Carolina.

If you take a poll of a random group of suburban voters you'd probably be shocked at how intellectually mediocre and emotionally stunted many of them are. This cuts across all age and income groups. Suburbia is not the kind of place where you'll find many principled conservatives. In fact, between taxpayer-funded schools and highway systems, these suburbs have been built largely on a foundation of nanny-state government.

[highball]

The real problem in New Jersey is one that is being replicated all over the country. It's suburbanization, and it explains the dramatic political shifts that have taken place in previously "red" states like Virginia and North Carolina.

If that's true, we're in real trouble.

Cities and suburbs are the way of the future. Rural America is slowly disappearing.

No political party can be a national contender if it can't get its message to cities and suburbs nationwide. We have to start at least trying, instead of just talking to ourselves.