Well this is where the game lies. This is where political strategists earn their money. The idea is to gauge which demographic is poised to elect the next president, then tap it. Rove saw the potential of the evangelicals and the conservatives and used it to elect W twice. Clinton tapped the youth and moderate voters for his victories in the 90's.
As this year progresses, you'll start to see which tract the candidates are taking. Hilary, for instance, is taking a more middle track, whereas Obama is setting himself up to run on the left of Hilary, hoping that that will be the demographic to elect him. Sometimes the labels are applied by the press or the pundits, sometimes by the politicians themselves. They are rarely correctly descriptive, and almost always serve an ulterior purpose, as you hinted. On 2/20/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i think it is pretty harmful overall to insist on politicians being > either square or round, liberal or conservatives. I read an > interesting editortial the other day that said that these are labels > that nobody even applies to themselves. Instead, most people describe > themselves as pragmatists. Interesting if true. > > Dana > -- She's a PhD in "I told you so" You've a knighthood in "I'm not listening" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228446 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
