"The Emerging Democratic Majority".....?

[The Great Escape]

it sounds good and it makes sense. When, do we really see this start to be readily apparent? Is it already in play? Will it be so gradual, that I will never realize it has already happened? I want to see previously unimaginable things like Texas going to a democrat in a presidential election! I want to see the power of the Atlanta vote make what goes on in the hinterlands a non factor. What form will this new majority take?

[GR]

1. It's Supposed To Be In Full Swing Later This Decade...

but there's one problem...The PERPETUAL WAR...that is something that could overcome everything else...That's what Bush and the republicans are counting on.

I see a lot of similarities with 1972...no one's paying attention to Bush's criminality, just like no one paid attention to Watergate...UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE...

[Zynx]

2. It's hard to see, but things are swinging our way.

Other than just demographics, there are political mega-trends underway and the conservative mega-trend has peaked after starting in about the 1966 mid-terms.

[DieboldMustDie]

3. If Crazy George gets 4 more years...

his appointees will still dominate the Supreme Court for several decades.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. It's happening in San Diego, according to a recent NYT article...

and I can see it happening across the Southwest. I can see Texas one day again a Democratic state. I can see a big turn of the wheel as Gen Y begins to vote in large numbers. This assumes that our democracy survives the Bush cabal, and its right-wing extremist power base.