The Political Pendulum Is Swinging: How Will Rs and Ds Define Themselves in the New Century? (Democrats, Republican)

[delusianne]

"The character of the next Republican Party will result from an intraparty debate that has yet to begin and might occupy a decade or more.

"Democrats, meanwhile, have yet to produce a coherent ideological framework to replace the New Deal, despite an eight-year experiment in 'triangulation' and an undefined 'centrism.'

"This post-New Deal, post-Morning in America era would be more in tune with the current century and its realities than the continued political circling that confuses most Americans, who repeatedly and overwhelmingly report that they know America is adrift."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/op...ml?ref=opinion
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