Taking on the Zombie Perot-Myth/Smear (With Maddow video)

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15. The reason the republicans stopped winning so many electoral votes is because

the GI generation started dying off along with the silents. Now the only generations voting are Boomers, Xers, and Millennials. Only the Xers lean republican. Obama's win in 2008 was more of a realignment than 1992. Realigning elections are characterized by one party becoming so dominant that its ideas get co-opted by the other party.Think FDR running against the republicans in 1936 when the repubs said they'd run the new deal better and cheaper. The realignment sets the tone for the other party when they finally win power like Eisenhower refusing to dismantle the social safety net and going along with many of the domestic policies of FDR and Truman or like Nixon going along with many of LBJ's great society ideas. Clinton's wins and his resulting behavior in office seems more like how Eisenhower and Nixon co-opted the new deal. Clinton was following Reagan's lead whether he wanted to or not. He couldn't get healthcare done but he reformed welfare which was a republican idea. He got rid of Glass-stegall, pushed 3 strikes laws, and cut taxes. Compare that with President Obama and the results speak for themselves- Obamacare, Cash for clunkers, the stimulus, negotiations with Iran, Cuban diplomacy, gays serving openly in the military, killing Bin Laden, etc. Obama has had more impact and he hasn't had to bow down to republicans the way Clinton did. Look at Obama's coalition compared to Clinton's. Obama damn near had a movement behind him or minorities, gays, urban, young people, and labor. They were all engaged and active. Clinton in 1992 was more white and rural by comparison. Obama won decisively, had coattails , and used his power in a way Clinton couldn't. If we win next year it'll be proof of what I'm saying because Obama added NM, VA, NV and CO to the coastal blue wall and that'll make more of a difference than the rural states Clinton won.