[summer]

RE your post #12 - My feeling, too. A very interesting essay. Glad I read it.

[sachem longrifle]

I am Reagan Democrat. I did vote for RR in 84, Bush in 88, Clinton in 92 and 96(you have to admit dole was not a good candidate), sat out 2000, and voted for gwb in 2004. Will i ever vote for a Dem as Pres, possibly, but not in their current state I think my mother is weakening. If my mom, a dyed in the wool democrat, is weakening, how many more of the dem's traditional voters do they plan on losing