huffingtonpost.com — A growing number of political scientists, analysts and strategists are making the case for a realignment of political power in the U.S. to a new Democratic majority based on two trends: 1) the increasing numbers of black and Hispanic voters, and 2) a decisive shift away from the Republican Party by the suburban and well-educated constituencies...
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eastwood24Apr 13, 2009
I'm glad this is the case. Maybe the right's power void can be filled by the libertarian mindedSoren Kierkegaard:“Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion -- and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion... while truth again reverts to a new minority.”
zongApr 13, 2009
I would love to see the republican party disappear but I'm afraid what that may do to the political system. The nuts of the right wing will never disappear and without knowing where they are can make it difficult to avoid them in the future. The lack of republicans might bring the Libertarian party to the forefront which would actually work really well with the democrats since they have alot of common ground on social issues. Which would leave our government debating fiscal policy and a democratic libertarian balance would be great for government. Another option to go would be that Democratic economic and social policy becomes the norm the democratic party it's self into 2 when it comes to a few key issues, or we could be left with a 3 party system. The only fear that I have at the end of the day is what will happen to the extremists, the democrats having a permanent super majority. My political stance often aligns with the democrats but as they say absolute power corrupts absolutely, and in the effort to keep things fair and balanced their should be an opposing force with new ideas to constantly challenge this country to improve.
ryan83189Apr 14, 2009
This prediction happens every 8 years, cycling between parties. Everybody is riding high, everything is great, they get c**ky, something bad happens, the other party won't let them live it down and they lose the incumbent momentum that barely carried them over the top 4 years ago. I don't care what party has majority as long as they are doing a decent job, but a permanent majority is bad, and never going to happen. This incoming voter generation is more liberal, but I would not count out a balancing force or conservatism in the generation after that, since they will grow up under Obama, and new voters tend to repel from what they grew up with, just like with liberals and bush.