The Magic Words
by Patricia Goldsmith
In a Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110902276_pf.html
article discussing last Tuesday’s election, I finally heard the magic words I’ve been waiting years to hear: “It’s not just that they lost these elections,” said Democratic pollster Geoffrey Garin, “but that none of their old tricks worked that they’ve relied on to give them the edge in close contests.” A Republican representative from Virginia, Thomas M. Davis III, put it more emphatically, declaring that the GOP’s cultural wedge issues “are just blowing up” in the suburbs. “You play to your rural base, you pay a price.” Sweet! And about time...
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Nov05/Goldsmith1114.htm
In a Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110902276_pf.html
article discussing last Tuesday’s election, I finally heard the magic words I’ve been waiting years to hear: “It’s not just that they lost these elections,” said Democratic pollster Geoffrey Garin, “but that none of their old tricks worked that they’ve relied on to give them the edge in close contests.” A Republican representative from Virginia, Thomas M. Davis III, put it more emphatically, declaring that the GOP’s cultural wedge issues “are just blowing up” in the suburbs. “You play to your rural base, you pay a price.” Sweet! And about time...
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Nov05/Goldsmith1114.htm
Starmail - 14. Nov, 18:04
