Reagan Democrats Coming Home
Oct 29th, 2006 at 8:48 pm by Susie
From the Times UK:
Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster and one of the strategists behind the party’s 1994 takeover of Congress, told The Times: “The Santorum race shows that Reagan Democrats are returning to their roots. Economic issues among blue-collar social conservatives are now subsuming concerns about social issues.
“The Republican party has failed them. It didn’t cut spending. It wasn’t honest. It hasn’t controlled immigration. On issue after issue it didn’t do what these voters expected.†Mr Luntz says that this political remigration of Reagan Democrats — which if realised next month would represent a profound change of the American political landscape — is occurring across the Midwest, where the economy is arguably an even greater issue than Iraq.
“Reagan Democrats coming home”…and what? Good news?
Yes, it was a fact of life, there certainly were many lifelong Dems that drank the Reagan “deficits are really wealth, growth and progress” koolaid. Thought that Republicans told the truth. Absolutely, ignorant asses all.
Do I want them back in my party?
NO.