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  • Fred Barnes: Mehlman Delivers (The RNC chairman takes his message to the exurbs)

    07/16/2005 7:57:43 PM PDT · by RWR8189 · 4 replies · 728+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | July 25, 2005 | Fred Barnes
    Waukee, Iowa KEN MEHLMAN WAS IN HEAVEN. And heaven for the Republican national chairman was Dallas County outside Des Moines. Mostly an exurb, it lies miles from downtown Des Moines and is dotted with new homes and housing developments still under construction. Locals brag it's the 10th-fastest growing county in America. It's also Bush country. President Bush won the county in 2000 but lost Iowa. But in 2004, he more than doubled his margin of victory in Dallas County and won Iowa.Mehlman, naturally, emphasizes fast-growing exurbs. "This is where you find the new conservatives and the new Republicans," Mehlman says....
  • The New Red-Diaper Babies

    12/07/2004 3:51:25 PM PST · by RWR8189 · 112 replies · 4,538+ views
    New York Times ^ | December 7, 2004 | David Brooks
    here is a little-known movement sweeping across the United States. The movement is "natalism."All across the industrialized world, birthrates are falling - in Western Europe, in Canada and in many regions of the United States. People are marrying later and having fewer kids. But spread around this country, and concentrated in certain areas, the natalists defy these trends.They are having three, four or more kids. Their personal identity is defined by parenthood. They are more spiritually, emotionally and physically invested in their homes than in any other sphere of life, having concluded that parenthood is the most enriching and elevating...