tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post111850971440469952..comments2024-03-23T07:49:50.940-05:00Comments on The Middle Ground: Blogging the DNC: Democrat Party AgendaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1118512670756219642005-06-11T12:57:00.000-05:002005-06-11T12:57:00.000-05:00Indeed the Democrats seem lost as a party. To som...Indeed the Democrats seem lost as a party. To some extent this is inherant in their makeup. <BR/><BR/>Each party is made up of various interest groups. In the GOP some of the groups are evangelicals, right-to-lifers, Gun rights folks, economic libertarians, War-on-Terror "neoconservatives", even "south part conservatives, and more. With few exceptions, these groups are not inherantly at odds with each other. Each can get what it wants without interfering in the others agenda.<BR/><BR/>Not so with the Democrats. Many of their constituency groups are <EM>inherently at odds with each other</EM>: environmentalists vs labor Democrats over economic development, gay rights vs black groups over moral and marriage issues, and then all the groups fighting amonst themselves for the for quota percentage in whatever affirmative action campaign is going on at the moment. Heck, they fight with each other over quotas to Democratic rules committees and such.<BR/><BR/>Will the Dems be able to overcome this? I don't know. They seem to be counting on their members to continue to identify themselves in traditional terms of race, sex, and class. I have to wonder if this is the direction in which our country is headed. <BR/><BR/>Then there's the generational aspect. Many Democrats are in the older generation, and are social security voters. Doesn't seem to me like the Dems are doing anything but alienating the "401k generation" or "investor class", as they are variously called. This cannot bode well for the future of their party, either.Tom the Redhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989584196825992054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1118509944934538152005-06-11T12:12:00.000-05:002005-06-11T12:12:00.000-05:00u have been tagged for a book meme! Check my blog ...u have been tagged for a book meme! Check my blog for details!The Sandmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976533000897501165noreply@blogger.com