Reply #24: So true Chmara [View All]

[TexasBushwhacker]

The Democratic Party is the party of inclusion and change and always has been. That's one thing that's never changed. There is not now, and never has been a mass exodus of commited Democrats, to the Republican party. 9/11 got some people who were sitting on the fence to commit one way or another and more of them committed to being Republicans AT THE TIME. That doesn't mean that the Democrats actually lost any voters to the GOP.

Of course Democrats don't all agree. The aren't all rich white guys and soccer moms. The most telling, and frankly comforting statistic I got from the Pew study was this:

Income > $75K - 40% Republican, 27% Democrat, 33% OTHER

While that statistic may give Bush and his supporters a hard on because of his "Lookey, I've got the most" mentality, to me it says the "haves and the have mores" are still 60% NOT GOP,

and I LIKE THAT!