GOP: The Party For The (Early-To-Mid) 20th Century?

Published Jun 25 2008, 10:16 AM by David S. Bernstein

In my late-2006 essay on the coming Democratic ascendancy, I wrote the following about "Millennials":

There is strong reason to suspect that this will be the most solidly Democratic generation since the Progressive Era. That’s not because they’re a bunch of lefties; they aren’t. What they are is residents of 21st century America, a place where the Republican Party seems incredibly ill at ease.

Young adults needn’t hold a shared opinion about John Maynard Keynes to agree that 82-year-old Alaska Senator Ted “Tubes” Stevens shouldn’t be in charge of Internet regulation.

Admitted tech-illiterate John McCain isn't exactly the guy to undo that reputation for the GOP, as David Corn writes at CQPolitics. He asks whether America should elect a President who doesn't even know how to use a computer. Corn quotes a McCain online advisor who was recently asked that question, whose response included the ready-for-mocking phrase: "John McCain is aware of the Internet." (I believe the video is now making the rounds.)

On a somewhat related note... over at the Environmental "Protection" Agency, we have the latest on how the White House derailed the determination that greenhouse gases are indeed pollutants: they refused to open the emails informing them of the finding.

Menino And Kerry... And Boston

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Johnny Repub said:

I am 24 and a republican. I believe your forecast that the impending generation will be democrats is wrong. More young people than ever in the last 60 years or so are conservative leaning. I will concede that that there are conservative democrats, but currently the party ethos ultimately don't jive with American conservativeness.

As far as the president and IT - poppycock. The responsibility for gaining control over the virtual world will ultimately fall on the courts. All of the 'bad' things that happen online are already illegal in different contexts. The laws already exist. It is the courts that must begin making decisions regarding the application of these laws to the electronic universe. IT aptitude has nothing to do with effectively and fairly executing the duties of our highest administrator.

June 30, 2008 5:23 PM

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