bobbyw24
01-18-2010, 07:49 AM
A year ago, many journalists and political pundits believed that a paradigm shift had occurred in the 2008 election.
In electing the first black president, Democrats won states that had been out of reach for decades (Virginia, North Carolina and Indiana) and showed surprising strength in the reddest of red states (Montana, North Dakota, and Arizona).
There was considerable sentiment on the Left that like 1968 or 1932, Obama’s win in 2008 had been a realigning event.
John Judis of the New Republic and other liberal political analysts believed the election, held amid an economic meltdown, had sped up emerging trends and would give Democrats the upper hand for years to come.
Democratic success among Latinos, urban professionals, and women had helped build a new coalition that would endure as white males receded like mastodons at the end of the Pleistocene epoch.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Republicans-learn-to-play-the-technology-game--81939347.html#ixzz0cyIwDiyL
In electing the first black president, Democrats won states that had been out of reach for decades (Virginia, North Carolina and Indiana) and showed surprising strength in the reddest of red states (Montana, North Dakota, and Arizona).
There was considerable sentiment on the Left that like 1968 or 1932, Obama’s win in 2008 had been a realigning event.
John Judis of the New Republic and other liberal political analysts believed the election, held amid an economic meltdown, had sped up emerging trends and would give Democrats the upper hand for years to come.
Democratic success among Latinos, urban professionals, and women had helped build a new coalition that would endure as white males receded like mastodons at the end of the Pleistocene epoch.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Republicans-learn-to-play-the-technology-game--81939347.html#ixzz0cyIwDiyL