Culture Wars Era - is it moving into its final phase?

[David Horn]

(01-19-2017, 08:07 AM)Odin Wrote:

(01-18-2017, 12:17 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(01-18-2017, 08:19 AM)Odin Wrote: Things are too polarized on a national level for coherent action on a federal level, I think most of the action is going to happen on the state level.

Democrats have a demographics problem that makes state-level solutions very hard.  Most states maintain a bias toward the suburban and rural, which is not the Dems strong suit.  Every election cycle, Virginia tallies more votes for Democrats vying for Federal House and state Legislature seats, but the GOP still maintains dominance over both.  Based on nationwide results, this is not uncommon.

And the Dems have the usual "I won't vote unless the candidate is perfect and wipes my own ass" problem.

Agreed.  I'm not sure how this resolves.  The neoliberal solution has a extremely low probability of being successful, but you can't oppose something with nothing.