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Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Candidates take note as young Americans re-embrace politics

A report issued this month by Pew Research called today's youth the "least Republican generation," with only one-third of young voters identifying with the Republicans and nearly half with the Democrats.

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Perhaps this isn't an absurd universe after all. Idea

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080121/ts_alt_afp/usvote2008politicsyouth

PS: SDS is back Exclamation

(I wouldn't advise you to start an SDS chapter in NE Missouri as they may STILL not be ready for it.)

Ya-ta is heard chortling as he goes into the kitchen to make some supper.

mistermasan · Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

isn't NEMO getting increasingly amish?

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Yeah, it is, but that doesn't include Truman State University there.

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

I agree, more people are registering D and the party is growing. That's not to say that there's no chance a Republican could win in November. It is very possible. Maybe that's why they are rooting for HR to win the nomination.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Let's hope they are doomed.

But, remember, Gore and Kerry were significantly better than Bush on nearly every level, yet Bush still got in.

Whichever Republican who gets nominated this time is going to be world's away more competent than Bush. So with this in mind, I'm still not so sure its the Dems election this time around either.

We'll see, and I hope I'm wrong.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Interesting and true assessment, TB.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

Never underestimate the power of a well-crafted smear campaign.

mistermasan · Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

well, the republicans have done a pretty good job of painitng themselves into a corner. look at their candidates: white guys. look at the other side: a panorama of inclusion. if i were a female or a minority i know who i would most readily ID with-the party that looks like me.

political parties have died before. maybe bush will kill off the republican party and something different will evolve into its place.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

mistermasan · Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

well...i am from ilinois-so i don't want obama. he isn't really do the job he was elected to do by us the first time and he is too young. and no, i won't vote for clinton. if we wanted political dynasties we shoulda stuck w/ england.

that stated...this wil be anoyher round of voting for the least bad candidate. if it comes down to huck or mitt or giuliani i cannot in good faith see myself supporting any of them.

clinton in a landslide.

igotthisguitar · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:59 am Post subject:

They're doomed if Ron Paul is not elected.

Guaranteed.

AmeriKa will instead be left with a continuation of the Bush / Klinton dual monarchy.

As head of the party Paul could easily win the Presidency as his support comes from so many segments of society, all income levels, skin colours, religious persuasions etc.

Bottom line however is that the elite controllers do NOT want him duely elected as most of his pro-constitutional policies fly in the face of so much of their nefarious new world order socialist agenda.

mistermasan · Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

with or without paul, america is up the creek. what? would he do everything by executive order and signing statements? if we want decrees and fiat decisions we should stop pretending we are a republic yet. paul would be able to acomplish very little in the drivers seat. he is being wonderfully productive right where he is- getting his agenda out. if he can keep the money flowing he can inform alot of folks in the next year.

thepeel · Joined: 08 Aug 2004

I remember a few years ago the talk was of a permanent Republican majority and how college kids were more fiscally conservative etc etc. The winds of change.

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

Czarjorge · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:21 am Post subject:

Tiger, what makes you think any of the Republicans running now would be more competent than Bush? More specifically, Bush's administration, as I don't really believe Bush is the ultimate decision maker in the administration. All reports seem to have him as more of a delegator, where the various members of his team have a lot of autonomy. None of the current candidates seems to be so entrenched in neocon ideology, but that could change.

And with the growth of the Dems, assuming this hold true, wouldn't it be more likely that the Reps would die off, and the Dems would split? We might end up with hawkish, fiscally conservative Dems on one side and dovish, more socially conscious alt-Dems on the other. Or some other combination therein.