The following Thomas Edsall- NYTimes article is instructive of the plans of Democrats.
It is based on taking from earners and buying the votes of those who rely on government largesse.
Read carefully- and you will note that the Left believes that Americans will take more and more....
....they certainly don't believe that the population will be smart enough to realize that, in reality, there is no free lunch.
November will tell the tale of America's future.
1. Where will Obama find his votes? Not white working folks: "...preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working class."
2. Instead, they plan to count on "... cementing a center-left coalition made up, on the one hand, of voters who have gotten ahead on the basis of educational attainment professors, artists, designers, editors, human resources managers, lawyers, librarians, social workers, teachers and therapists and a second, substantial constituency of lower-income voters who are disproportionately African-American and Hispanic."
3. "The Democratic goal with these voters is to keep Republican winning margins to manageable levels, in the 12 to 15 percent range, as opposed to the 30-point margin of 2010 a level at which even solid wins among minorities and other constituencies are not enough to produce Democratic victories."
a. "...that in order to be re-elected, President Obama must keep his losses among white college graduates to the 4-point margin of 2008 (47-51). Why? Otherwise he will not be able to survive a repetition of 2010, when white working-class voters supported Republican House candidates by a record-setting margin of 63-33."
4. "[Democrat tactician] has become much more interested in the affluent suburban voters than the former Reagan Democrats. At the same time, however, he argues that Republican winning margins among white working-class voters are highly volatile and that Democrats have to push hard to minimize losses, which will not be easy. "
5. "Democratic Party in 2006 and 2008 chose the upscale white-downscale minority approach that proved highly successful twice, but failed miserably in 2010, and appears to have a 50-50 chance in 2012."
6. "A top priority of the less affluent wing of todays left alliance is the strengthening of the safety net, including health care, food stamps, infant nutrition and unemployment compensation. "
7. "The better-off wing, in contrast, puts at the top of its political agenda a cluster of rights related to self-expression, the environment, demilitarization, and, importantly, freedom from repressive norms governing both sexual behavior and womens role in society that are promoted by the conservative movement."
8. "While demographic trends suggest the continued growth of pro-Democratic constituencies and the continued decline of core Republican voters, particularly married white Christians, there is no guarantee that demography is destiny."
The Future of the Obama Coalition - NYTimes.com
It is based on taking from earners and buying the votes of those who rely on government largesse.
Read carefully- and you will note that the Left believes that Americans will take more and more....
....they certainly don't believe that the population will be smart enough to realize that, in reality, there is no free lunch.
November will tell the tale of America's future.
1. Where will Obama find his votes? Not white working folks: "...preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working class."
2. Instead, they plan to count on "... cementing a center-left coalition made up, on the one hand, of voters who have gotten ahead on the basis of educational attainment professors, artists, designers, editors, human resources managers, lawyers, librarians, social workers, teachers and therapists and a second, substantial constituency of lower-income voters who are disproportionately African-American and Hispanic."
3. "The Democratic goal with these voters is to keep Republican winning margins to manageable levels, in the 12 to 15 percent range, as opposed to the 30-point margin of 2010 a level at which even solid wins among minorities and other constituencies are not enough to produce Democratic victories."
a. "...that in order to be re-elected, President Obama must keep his losses among white college graduates to the 4-point margin of 2008 (47-51). Why? Otherwise he will not be able to survive a repetition of 2010, when white working-class voters supported Republican House candidates by a record-setting margin of 63-33."
4. "[Democrat tactician] has become much more interested in the affluent suburban voters than the former Reagan Democrats. At the same time, however, he argues that Republican winning margins among white working-class voters are highly volatile and that Democrats have to push hard to minimize losses, which will not be easy. "
5. "Democratic Party in 2006 and 2008 chose the upscale white-downscale minority approach that proved highly successful twice, but failed miserably in 2010, and appears to have a 50-50 chance in 2012."
6. "A top priority of the less affluent wing of todays left alliance is the strengthening of the safety net, including health care, food stamps, infant nutrition and unemployment compensation. "
7. "The better-off wing, in contrast, puts at the top of its political agenda a cluster of rights related to self-expression, the environment, demilitarization, and, importantly, freedom from repressive norms governing both sexual behavior and womens role in society that are promoted by the conservative movement."
8. "While demographic trends suggest the continued growth of pro-Democratic constituencies and the continued decline of core Republican voters, particularly married white Christians, there is no guarantee that demography is destiny."
The Future of the Obama Coalition - NYTimes.com
