[discostu]

So you're calling Strider44 a liar? I wouldn't go there.

Why is it so important to you to label SP fans "fake" Republicans. In case you didn't notice until reagan started the big reach across the aisle the GOP was pretty regularly getting it's ass handed to it in elections. Take our votes an be happy. We're in complete agreement on 2 out 3 of the major section of political thought (fyscal conservatives, constitutional constructionalists, just not socially conservative), as Meatloaf pointed out many moons ago: 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Instead of trying to boot us to the other side and brand us charlatans and fakers you should take your victories as they come.

[Norwell]

Reagan's "Big Reach" had more to do with attracting the "Wallace Vote" than anything else. They are the reverse of the demographic the author references. That is how he nearly beat Ford.

To expand, the Todd-Whitman-Republican business has always been around (Senator Javits, Mathias, Governor Romney) and they were precisely the folks undermining Ronald Reagan in 1976 and 1980.

Again, an interesting article. I don't believe that a demographic study would back up the thesis though. The last analysis of the election I read (published in the Economist) covered the difference between the "Red Zone" and "Blue Zone". In this article the primary determinant of voting habits was race and the frequency of church attendance. Frequency of "South Park" viewing was not examined.