Teresita,

I don’t see the Republican Party recovering/rebuilding by 2011. Because the Left dominates education, media, academia, and much of the legal profession, alternative ways to rebuild at the grassroots will have to be found. For those under the age of 40, the narrative/worldview which dominates is one shaped by progressives/socialists/Marxists.

The “Reagan Democrats” – which were mainly made up of the Depression-WWII Era generation – are dying off in huge numbers and have been for some time. Those replacing them – the under-40 kiddies – overwhelmingly do not vote for Republicans. My generation – The Baby Boomers – is sort of split 50/50. The younger Boomers (which I am aged at the leading edge of)tend to be more conservative than the Older Cohort of Boomers.

I strongly believe that the one place where socialism/Marxism has not been definitively discredited is here in the United States. The vast majority of the kids do not even know what it is, since it has been repackaged under different names, and broken down into very specific movements and policy positions. The balkanization of socialism has been done in order to avoid the problem of the entire network being stigmatized. Back in the early eighties, when I was on the Left, the concept of “coalition building” was emphasized, and we were strongly encouraged to avoid identifying who we really were. So, many millions of people who think of themselves as “liberals” or “progressives” do not know that they are part of a larger movement galvanized by Marxists. The totality of this polity would be easily recognized in Eastern Europe. Here, most people do not recognize it. But at the end of the next four years they will come to see it. I believe most in the Middle Muddle, who voted for Obonga, will repudiate it and never go back. But it is going to take pain and disillusionment for us to get there.

Most people do not see and act pro actively. They don’t see the subtle things until the subtle things morph into onerous consequences. This is how it always has been. After eight years of intense hammering of GWB and Republicans on the MSM, the vague, general memes endlessly repeated in their multiple permutations of negativity, have had effect.

It really takes a lot to undo all of that damage.