Interesting article at the Nation that suggests that Democrats may not be as endangered in the Rocky Mountains as previously thought.
On the same day that George W. Bush was winning nationally and Republicans were increasing their majorities in Congress, Democrats in the eight states of the Rocky Mountain West were winning state and local contests at a rate not seen in decades and offering valuable lessons for the national Democratic Party, organized labor and progressive activist groups that are sorely in need of new models for campaigning. "Before the pundits write this off as the year when nothing seemed to work right for the Democrats," says Montana Democratic Party executive director Brad Martin, "there is a Western story that needs to be told."
Nice to know. The article covers how the Democrats are doing better and why they are doing better. One somewhat scary thought for the Republicans is the idea that issues of Morality might eventually play themselves out.
For instance, while many pundits saw in the national election results a signal that Democrats were out of touch with "moral values"--the hot code phrase for opposition to gay marriage and abortion rights--Western Democrats found that one of their big advantages was a growing sense among voters that Republicans had gotten a little too in touch--or, to be more precise, obsessed--with that theme.
Anyway interesting and heartening article. For Democrats, at any rate.
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