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Open Thread | 23 comments (23 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Yard signs (none / 0)

Today, I drove across Illinois from Cook County to Jo Davies County on the Mississippi River. Jo Davies seemed to be Democratic country as did Cook. In between is red territory. Only in the middle of that stretch did I see any McCain-Palin signs. There were two and they did say McCain -Palin, not McCain. I take that as evidence of Kool-Aid drinking Wingnuts rather than sober Republicans.

The most interesting thing I noticed, though, was that in the red territory near Cook and Jo Davies, I saw yards with signs for the Republican state rep or state senator and Obama signs on the same lawn! Thinking Republicans (they do exist, really) are rejecting McCain and openly embracing Obama. These are farm and small town Republicans. They must be hurting badly and really scared of their fortunes under the prospective Geezer-in-Chief.

by The Voice In The Wilderness on Thu Oct 9th, 2008 at 10:38:50 PM EST

We've got sort of the same thing (none / 0)

The Republican in the Washington governor's race, Dino Rossi, is trying to paint himself as an agent of change. (It's a lie, I might add. He's a Bush Republican and even goes so far as to describe his party as "G.O.P. Party" rather than "Republican.") Unfortunately he's being somewhat successful, and I will occasionally see Rossi signs next to Obama signs around Seattle. I am told someone has taken out a large electronic billboard in the south part of the county proclaiming "OBAMA/ROSSI", but they're on the other end of the county from me so I haven't seen it. Can't say I'm in a big hurry to.

When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that your primary objective was to drain the swamp.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Thu Oct 9th, 2008 at 11:27:20 PM EST
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Re: We've got sort of the same thing (none / 0)

In Illinois, these farmers and small town denizens are Republicans historically because of the Civil war. They have kept that identity in the 20th Century primarily in reaction to Democratic dominance of Chicago. Chicago is Illinois' only mega-city and it's size gives it virtual control of the state government. The reaction is to line up with the opposite party which is quite adroit at whipping up anti-Chicago feelings. Truthfully, arrogant Chicago politicians are good at whipping up anti-Chicago feelings also.

This balance was what made Illinois a swing state. For the most part, these Republicans are moderates. The rightward drift (wholesale charge?) of the Republican Party has been a big factor in making Illinois a blue state.

Since Washington is also a one city state, unlike California, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, I would expect Washington's politics to be similar to Illinois'. Is that correct?

by The Voice In The Wilderness on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 07:27:40 PM EST
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Yeah, mostly, except for one small thing (none / 0)

In a lot of ways we're more of a megalopolis state. While Seattle is the core of the megalopolis and the counties on either side of King occasionally are a bit reddish, when they all go in the same direction, the election tends to go in that direction.

Most of the state's population lives in the roughly six-county area from the Canadian border down to the capital, Olympia, but the biggest concentrations are in Snohomish (Everett), King (Seattle and its exurbs), and Pierce (Tacoma).

And don't forget that Washington has a long reputation for being left of center. The IWW got its start in the logging camps of Washington state, and Roosevelt's Postmaster General (the one the US Post Office building in DC is named for) once declared the US to be composed of "47 states and the Soviet of Washington." It was never really quite that bad -- but then again, we did have one of the few general strikes ever to take root in the US.

When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that your primary objective was to drain the swamp.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Sun Oct 12th, 2008 at 12:29:32 AM EST
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