I can't get very excited by Jentleson's piece because...well, frankly, because I am old. I am old enough to have seen decades of one or the other political party declared to be on life support unless they do this or that, and then to come lurching back in 2/4/6 years. In 1994, it was Democrats who were dying; in 2006, that became Republi…
I can't get very excited by Jentleson's piece because...well, frankly, because I am old. I am old enough to have seen decades of one or the other political party declared to be on life support unless they do this or that, and then to come lurching back in 2/4/6 years. In 1994, it was Democrats who were dying; in 2006, that became Republicans; in 2016 it was Democrats again, blah blah. The tide comes in, the tide goes out.
That's not to say that political parties can't and don't realign. Candidates try different messages, different personae, some work, some do not. However, it is tempting to assume that the political winds blowing at the moment will blow forevermore. In politics, weather is a tricky thing, and the same breeze that pushes you into harbor today can become a gale that sinks you tomorrow.
I can't get very excited by Jentleson's piece because...well, frankly, because I am old. I am old enough to have seen decades of one or the other political party declared to be on life support unless they do this or that, and then to come lurching back in 2/4/6 years. In 1994, it was Democrats who were dying; in 2006, that became Republicans; in 2016 it was Democrats again, blah blah. The tide comes in, the tide goes out.
That's not to say that political parties can't and don't realign. Candidates try different messages, different personae, some work, some do not. However, it is tempting to assume that the political winds blowing at the moment will blow forevermore. In politics, weather is a tricky thing, and the same breeze that pushes you into harbor today can become a gale that sinks you tomorrow.