So last night, President George W. “Dubya” Bush promised President-elect Barack Obama that he (Bush) would ensure a smooth transition. Likely translation: “Lemme use my lame-duck time to eke out as much deregulatory action as I feel like doing; even better that I don’t have to suffer the consequences, but a Democrat does. And maybe I can even throw in some social conservatism stuff because the wealthy social moderates in my party can’t do jack about it anymore, lol!”
Well, speaking of these pro-business and wealthy social moderates…what are the coalitions that currently make up our two parties? Lemme start making some lists:
Democrats: social liberals, urban poor, most minority groups, lower-middle class, well-educated (i.e. college or more)
Republicans: pro-big-business people (often socially moderate or even liberal), rural social conservatives (often economically populist), rural libertarians?
swing groups: suburbanites and exurbanites, small-business people, middle class, upper-middle class
What else is there?