[The Shrew]

There is no specific event - no Battle of Midway or Siege of Yorktown - which precisely defines the coming collapse of Leftism,

The author's wrong here. The "Tipping Point" in the collapse of Leftism was the 1994 Congressional Election in which the Republicans won the majority for the first time in forty years.

Regards,

TS

[speedy]

How soon people forget, Shrew (you sure don't sound like a shrew.) Now it is taken as a given that the GOP will hold the House, but between 1930 and 1994, the Dems had it for something like 60 years. Ironically enough, shortly after the Soviet Union collapsed, the Democrats lost their hold on Congress. And on that subject, I will never forget how depressed the NY Times was in its coverage of the fall of Communism. All they could talk about was how dangerous things would get now. It's been a bad couple of decades for the Times.

[Ole Okie]

The author's wrong here. The "Tipping Point" in the collapse of Leftism was the 1994 Congressional Election in which the Republicans won the majority for the first time in forty years.

Shrew, if you're correct (and I think you are), we owe a huge debt to two people who were principally responsible for this:

1. Newt Gingrich.

Newt came up with the strategy of nationalizing congressional elections

2. Rush Limbaugh.

Rush is called the "Majority Maker" because he had a huge influence on the 1994 congressional elections. He deserved a medal for his work in electing a Republican congress.