Edwards tries to save Democrats

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Edwards tries to save Democrats from snobbery
Candidate has the most persuasive theory for his party's decline
DAVID BROOKS
New York Times

NEWTON , Iowa - In the current issue of The Weekly Standard, Fred Barnes argues that we have seen the birth of a Republican majority. In 1992, Barnes points out, Republicans held 176 House seats. Today, they hold 229. In 1992, the GOP controlled eight state legislatures; now it controls 21. In 1992, there were 18 Republican governors, now there are 27.

But the really eye-popping change is party identification. During Franklin Roosevelt's administration, 49 percent of voters said they were Democrats. But that number has been dropping ever since, and now roughly 32 percent of voters say they are. As Mark Penn, a former Clinton pollster, has observed, "In terms of the percentage of voters who identify themselves as Democrats, the Democratic Party is currently in its weakest position since the dawn of the New Deal."

The Democratic presidential candidates wending their way through Iowa, New Hampshire and the other primary states are offering theories about the party's decline and what can be done about it.

Howard Dean argues that the Democratic Party has lost its soul. If it returns to its true fighting self, instead of compromising with Republicans, it will energize new and otherwise disenchanted voters.

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[joeybee12]

1. Look at who the Author is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NJCher]

2. LOL!!

Slick propaganda.




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