Archive for March 21st, 2008
Bloodied Republicans
Since Pennsylvanians realized their state was in fact an important primary so late in the race, the GOP has been hemorrhaging registered voters. Give it up to the dynamics of a race between a Caucasian woman and African American man, the rhetoric of change, or the disenfranchisement of Republicans living in a party that no longer adheres to the principals of state government and fiscal responsibility. Any one will do.
According to the Philly Inquirer, state Democrats gained 57,651 voters who were either already registered as GOP, Independent, or in another party, and 111,227 new voters since last November. No matter how you look at it, that number is huge. Only 10,754 Democratic voters jumped ship in that same period of time.
A political battleground in the general election, Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the country, swept up into something indefinable and new. I can’t put my finger on it, but I know that this election means more than any other I’ve lived through. I’m psyched to be alive right now.
