the lack of a viable successor for Dubya has caused a drift to the right....
But that is only part of the problem....the other part was the triumphialism of the American Religious Right after the 2004 election.
Essentially, the Red State Republicans and the "Religious White" seemed to control the American agenda....
But still, Bush has been living off of the Clinton Prosperity and the 911 Fear for his entire term in office....far too long.
That's ending now. The Fed is raising rates to save the dollar from the ill fated hyper-liquidity experiment...so the Bubble Era will end, despite the best efforts of the Bank of China to intervene in the US economy.
MOST RED STATE BUBBAS REALIZE THAT BUSH IS NOT CONCERNED WITH THEIR ECONOMIC WELL-BEING; NO MATTER HIS PROFESSED CONCERN FOR THEIR "MORAL SALVATION."
MY SENSE IS THAT THE "NEW NEW DEAL" WILL COME IN 2008...THE ONLY QUESTION BEING HOW BIG THE BUDGET HOLE WILL BE....ONCE BUSH AND THE NEOCONS ARE FINALLY OUT OF TOWN.... IT'S ALL ABOUT DAMAGE CONTROL....BECAUSE DUBYA AND CO ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY NOW IN IRAQ AND WITH THE ECONOMY.
AND SADDLY EVERYONE KNOWS IT......
