A Glimpse At Political Strategy...

[JakeStratham]

A few of you enjoy the strategic side of politics. Here's a startling look at the Democrats' strategy going into 2012...

The Future of the Obama Coalition - NYTimes.com

It's long, but a good read. It will inform you about the machinations of the election process. If, while reading, you think to yourself, "this stuff ain't new," you are wrong. This marks a major move. An excerpt:

For decades, Democrats have suffered continuous and increasingly severe losses among white voters. But 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.

All pretense of trying to win a majority of the white working class has been effectively jettisoned in favor of 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.

Hmmm... 9% unemployment, and they're turning their backs on the working man? Smart, but dangerous for future contests.

 

[justo_tx]

Dovetailing off topic but did anybody else see "The Ides of March"? It's a dramatized version of the machinations that go into campaign strategies, spin and the framing of moral relativism. If you have no faith in politicians or the political process (guilty) you'll be rewarded. It's entertaining enough.

 

[Flowithit]

Okay we will see...