More on the fading hope of a plural America

<![CDATA[Politics from Left to Right: You’re Talking to Me:
After last night’s State of the Union Speech, it’s pretty clear to me that Democrats are in a lot deeper trouble than the party realizes.
Because for much of his speech, George Bush was talking to me, a single woman living in San Francisco. It was his usual campaign laundry list, not that different from what was trotted out at the Republican Convention, tagging the bases for his anti-abortion supporters, the folks who want conservative judges and, finally, waving the flag. But I was paying attention.
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