And that's exactly the point I am making. There are major issues nowadays of job loss due to outsourcing overseas, illegal immigration and the H1-B/L1 visas. There is the genesis of a completely new political movement happening now. The party that realizes it will be in power in 2008. If neither party realizes it, a new party will form and will be the dominant party then - and it will probably be center-left. The only way it can be center-right is if Bush and the GOP start understanding this sea change and adapt to it NOW.
Pretty likely.
a new party will form and will be the dominant party then
Not bloody likely.
- and it will probably be center-left.
Oh, HELL naw...
The outsourcing will only become a problem if the rate of job export increases. Otherwise, most Americans won't give a sh*t. On the contrary - they'll laugh at us (those of us in the tech sector) and tell us to go find a job where we have to work with our hands (which is pretty much what they're telling us now).
The visas and immigration issue (they go hand-in-hand), on the other hand WILL be the primary issue for 2004 and 2008; I've got to agree with you on one point - whoever creates a solid solution will definitely be in the catbird seat come 2008.