David Brooks of the NYT breaks down the cultural and educational divide within the Democratic Party. Good read. Our assessment of the voting trends during the primaries leads us to the conclusion that Hillary has experienced success in reining-in many rural whites and urban/rust belt ethnic conservatives (read: Catholic and Eastern Orthodox descendants of Southern and Eastern Europe, respectively) that voted for Reagan and both Bushes. This has been aided in no small part by the Republicans themselves tossing to the curb their brand as fiscal conservatives and social conservatives with shameful spending and a handful of highly-publicized sex scandals.
Article does include one very interesting and suspect line:
“In Pennsylvania, Obama did everything conceivable to win over Clinton’s working-class voters”
Was Brooks in a coma when Obama bowled that 37 and when he made the “bitter” comments?
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Hillary: Reagan Democrat?
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It's true, It's true. I heard her praise Reagan on O'Reilly for working with the Tipster to set up a Social Security Blue Ribbon panel. That'll get her the Daily Kook vote.
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