To the Left....to the Left

It seems to me that the country as a whole is moving to the left. For the republicans this means a shrinking party, and many moving closer to the middle, becoming independent. For the Democrats, this means a growing party. I think this is borne out in the fact that more democrats are turning up at the primaries and caucuses than republicans. And the fact the the presumptive nominee for the republicans is getting more support from independents than the base. This could be a result, in part, of seven long years of the Bush administration and all the disappointments that go along with it. This sort of swing probably happens slowly normally, with the country oscillating from the left to the right and back again every generation or so. For now, it seems, that the republican party will reap what is has sown. For me, I am just plain glad to see the numbers of so-called conservative republicans shrinking. The liberals in this country are in a unique, positive position. It's a bad year to be a republican candidate. I feel sorry for McCain. He's a republican running for President. If you were a republican running for President, is this the year that you'd want to be running? As for me, I'm supporting Obama. I just hope that he can wrap up the nomination sooner rather than later, so we can get started on running a national campaign. This year should be pretty easy for the democrats. This is a clever enough slogan for whoever gets the nomination: Vote for me...the other guy is a Republican.