[The Iron Duke]

If the Democrats are the party of the future, why do they have candidates like Frank Lautenberg and Fritz Mondale? Why are candidates like Kathleen Kennedy Townsend running on glories now 40 years old? Why do they need to rely on inner city blacks mired in poverty for their base vote?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[Koblenz]

Mathematicians and other theoretical scientists probably tend towards liberalism because they deal with abstractness, not reality. Liberal theories are much nicer than conservative theories: we all wind up with free health care, etc. Of course, liberal theories don't end up working, but they seem much better.