A Short Note On The Democratic Party And The Progressive Left....

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250. Sadly, the country has shifted

Starting in the 70s, or, perhaps earlier, we shifted from a manufacturing and farm based economy to a service one.

And service is not just low paying jobs in fast food and other retails. It is also professionals and self employed accountants and attorneys who can be making a nice living.

When we were a manufacturing based economy, many worked for the same corporation all their lives. They were members of a union, many of their families worked at the same place. There was a sense of a community, of we are all in this together.

Once we moved to the service based, it is more everyone for himself. It is the government interfering in how I make a living by regulations and high taxation.

And then you get a successful communicator like Reagan who calls to get the government off one's back. (Except from the bedroom, the doctor's office and the school). And, of course, people do not want government intervention until.... they do.

Thus, the sentiments of many voters has shifted from supporting the common good: union, government - to resenting these groups, to support "individualism."

And we had no choice. These days when one needs independent voters to win the White House, one has to support centrist views.

Both Clinton and Obama appointed four Supreme Court Justices who at least keep Scalia and Thomas in check.

Ruth Ginsburg is now 80 years old and in fragile health. We cannot afford to have another Alito replacing her.

Think of Obamacare, think of DOMA. The future of the Supreme Court is, has been, the most important topic to think when we select our Presidential nominee and when we vote for a Senator. At least, until we get a 5-4 shift in our favor.