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2005-06-03 Fifth Column

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Posted by growler 2005-06-03 12:39|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The solution is for the Federal govt to stop sending massive $$ subsidies to the cities, which have large public payrolls and services usually paid for by more rural citizens.

Posted by too true 2005-06-03 12:47|| 2005-06-03 12:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Asinine. A city today is more or less meaningless in economic and social terms. If you're going to aggregate urban voters, the meaningful unit of analysis is metro areas (MSMAs), not cities. If you look at MSMAs, the big shift continues to be from the cities to the suburbs, and from the suburbs to the exurbs. ie, from areas controlled for the most part by the Dem machine to centrist or right-of-center suburban up-for-grabs districts.

Also, even if you look only at cities, the fastest growing major cities are in the red states: Phoenix ( soon to overtake Philadelphia for the # 5 spot, after Houston). San Antonio. Orlando.

The Dems are becoming the urban metrosexual party focused solely on gays, gazillionaires, public sector union hacks, academics and 20-something DU'ers. Brilliant.

Meanwhile, Ken Mehlman is workign furiously to develop the GOP's large and growing share of the hispanic and african-american votes.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-06-03 13:00|| 2005-06-03 13:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Nichols reads like he not only drinks the Kool Aid, but also sleeps in a Sensory Deprivation tank filled with it...

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-03 13:02|| 2005-06-03 13:02|| Front Page Top

#4 At a time when the federal government is dominated by right-wing Republicans, and when liberal state governments are rare, cities are electing a new generation of progressives..

They misspelled "idiots".

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-03 16:00|| 2005-06-03 16:00|| Front Page Top

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