Judis Priest!

“ That Inevitable, Permanent Majority for the Democrats A few days ago, John Judis, the co-author of the book on every liberal’s bookshelf, The Emerging Democratic Majority, took to the pages of National Journal to write an article called The Emerging Republican Advantage. Hilarity Ensues ... So, who does Judis think can win consistently for Republicans. No surprise: RINOs. It now appears that, in some form, the Republican era which began in 1980 is still with us. Reagan Republicanism—rooted in the long-standing American distrust of government, but perhaps with its roughest theocratic and insurrectionary edges sanded off for a national audience—is still the default position of many of those Americans who regularly go to the polls. It can be effectively challenged when Republicans become identified with economic mismanagement or with military defeat. But after the memory of such disasters has faded, the GOP coalition has reemerged—surprisingly intact and ready for battle. What Judis elides over and dismisses is the fact that [Full] In a world where there are three parent babies, this flip-floppery is normal. ”