SHIFTING DYNAMICS REFLECT CHANGES ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST


i THINK WHAT MOST OF US FAIL TO UNDERSTAND, AT LEAST THOSE OF US WHO HAVE COMMITTED THE OLD ELECTORAL MAPS TO MEMORY, IS THAT THE WORLD NO LONGER FALLS IN LINE WITH WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EAST, THE RUST BELT STATES AND CALIFORNIA, TEXAS OR FLORIDA.

IN FACT, THERE IS A NEW DYNAMIC SHAPING AMERICA.

THE TRUTH IS THAT THE MAP HAS BEEN REDRAWN TO GIVE GREATER EMPHASIS TO THE ROLE OF THE WEST, THE NORTHWEST, THE SOUTHWEST. BEFORE THOSE STATES WERE FIGURED TO MAINLY GO REPUBLICAN.
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BUT IMMIGRATION AND CHANGING ATTITUDES AND AN INFLUX OF NEWCOMERS HAVE CHANGED THE DYNAMICS.

FIGURE THAT UNTIL LAST YEAR, NEVADA WAS THE FASTEST GROWING STATE.

ALL OF THESE CHANGES AND IMMIGRATION HAS GIVEN THESE IMPORTANT WESTERN STATES ADDED CLOUT.

AND THOSE LOCKED IN THE PAST ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR COMEUPPANCE IF THEY DON'T TAKE THESE CHANGING DYNAMICS TO HEART.

I THINK IT WAS BRILLANT THAT THE DEMS SHOWED THEIR UNDERESTANDING THAT THESE CHANGES ARE NOT TEMPORARY BY HOLDING THE CONVENTION IN DENVER INSTEAD OF NEW YORK OR CALIFORNIA.

WE ARE SEEING A RE-EMERGENCE OF NEW DEMOCRATS WHO ARE SPEAKING MORE FOR THE CHANGING DISPOSITION OF AMERICA, TOO, AND THESE CHANGES MAY BE PROFOUND IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS....

CONSIDER SOME OF THE NEW DEMOCRATS WHO ARE NOW RUNNING STATES OR ACTIVELY REPRESENTING THEM. FOR THE MOST PART, THEY REPRESENT VOTERS WHO ARE FED UP WITH THE UNPARALLELED EMPHASIS ON CLEAR CUTTING, DRILLING AND MINING THAT IS DESTROYING OUR LEGACY.

AND THEY ARE SIMPLY UNHAPPY WITH THE STATUS QUO.

PHIL GRAMM'S UNTIMELY AND INSENSITIVE REMARKS ONLY HELP TO EXACERBATE THE GROWING GAP BETWEEN THE TRADITIONALIST REPUBLICANS AND THE CHANGING MOOD AND DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE AREAS MAY JUST CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION.

LES AARON