Occam Bandage
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Tue Nov-11-08 12:05 PM
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3. I've seen arguments denying the existence of a center before. |
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Interestingly enough, they were made by disciples of the Permanent Republican Majority theory. Worked out well, wouldn't you say?
I'm not suggesting that Democrats abandon their values; that confuses and turns off the center just as much as aggressively ignoring the center does. I am, however, suggesting that Democrats not lose sight of the 4.5% of the electorate that switched from Bush to Obama. If you think they switched because they wanted to replace a hyperpartisan, ideologically inflexible right-winger with a hyperpartisan, ideologically inflexible left-winger, I suggest you try to imagine the mindset of such a person.
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