Obamacons and McCainocrats
Writes Jonah Goldberg:
Several readers have asked, with varying degrees of charity of spirit, whether I still think the Obamacons are a phoney phenomenon. After thinking about it, I have to say I have changed my mind somewhat. The Obamacons have reached sufficient voice and number to be more than the “statistical noise” you get every election year. That said, I would still say that while the phenomenon isn’t entirely phoney, I have a very hard time saying the same thing about the arguments the Obamacons use. I think the idea that there would be much that is recognizably conservative in an Obama presidency is absurd.
Of course they are a real phenomenon. How anyone can doubt about it is beyond me.
On the other hands, there are also McCainocrats out there, who receive far less attention. Recent polls show that 11% of Republicans say they intend to vote for Obama. The same percentage of Democrats support McCain. That’s twice 11%.
In short, the “Obamacons” exist, but they have received disproporational attention.
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