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Given that gun rights have made some headway, while abortion restrictions have abounded, I think I know which way the wind blows on those particular issues.
It's not all about style and personality. The American electorate has well shown that when it's hurting, it will vote for change. When Bill Clinton announced he was running for president, I thought it was a joke. A year later, working three part time jobs with no health coverage, I took him a little bit more seriously. As did the voting public.
Gore won in y2k, but lost the seat to a bug in the system. Bush won because Kerry was repugnant to even dyed in the wool dems. He was ineffectual and pompous.
Rove and his ilk can crow about being "architects", but votes are decided when a person goes into his garage, looks at his 15 year old beater, wonders if he can maybe go fishing this weekend, and then realizes he can't afford the gas. You can pull the wool over people's eyes, but they figure out how to get out from under.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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