At 07:58 AM 12/4/2004 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: >JDG wrote: >> An interesting... and in my opinion all too gloomy for the Democrats... >> assessment of the future of the Democratic Party. > > From the article: > >> During the fall campaign, many people said that this election was >> �the most important of our lives.� It was, and when the Democrats >> lost it, an era came to a close. George W. Bush�s 51 percent of >> the vote may seem too slim a margin to produce conservative hegemony, >> and ordinarily it wouldn�t have that effect -- except that Republicans >> have now consolidated control of the government. > >This writer seems to be endorsing rejection of the interests of 49 >percent of the population. Talk about votes not being counted... This >sounds like the election outcome was 51-0, not 51-49.
Nick, if you think that the author was "endorsing" what you describe, then you completely missed the point of the article. Dan beat me to the punch here, but the author's point is that Republicans now control both house of Congress, have won the last two Presidential elections (despite perceived factors favoring the Democrats both times), control a majority of Governorships and State Legislatures, and arguably have narrow majority on the Supreme court. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
