"In politics we learn the most from those who disagree with us..."

"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived, and dishonest; but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy



Purple Nation? What's that? Good question.

Neither Red nor Blue. In other words, not knee-jerk liberal Democrat or jerk Republican. But certainly not some foggy third way either.

In recent years partisan politics in America has become superimposed on cultural identity and life style choices. You know - whether you go to church or not, or whether you drive a Volvo or a pickup, or where you live. This promotes a false political consciousness that we hope to remedy here.

There are both myths and truths to this Red-Blue dichotomy and we'd like to distinguish between the two. So, please, read on, join the discussion, contribute your point of view.

Diversity of opinion is encouraged...

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Change We Can Believe In?

Jay Cost, over at RealClearPolitics, had an excellent post yesterday on his HorseRace Blog (the site link is on my link sidebar). You can read it here.
This is his lead-in:
The recent Pew poll has found that President Obama's job approval is the most polarized for any new President in forty years:


He's got a lot more data that shows how this partisan polarization is still driving our politics. As we have long maintained here, this will not be changed from the top down by Obama or anyone else, but only from the bottom up with a change in voters' attitudes and a reconciliation of values across urban and rural spaces.
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