Media Bias Has Been A Favorite Theme

Acknowledging Class Was Always Difficult For 'new Democrats' - It Was Second-wave, It Was Divisive - But 2008 Made Retro Politics Cool Again.

The Great Goal Of The Backlash Is To Nurture A Cultural Class War, And The First Step In Doing So, As We Have Seen, Is To Deny The Economic Basis Of Social Class. After All, You Can Hardly Deride Liberals As Society's "elite" Or Present The Gop As The Party Of The Common Man If You Acknowledge The Existence Of The Corporate World - The Power That Creates The Nation's Real Elite, That Dominates Its Real Class System, And That Wields The Republican Party As Its Personal Political Sidearm.

Governing Was Always Difficult For Conservatives, But As They Return To The Opposition, They Are Rediscovering Their Skill At Blame Evasion.

In Small Towns, Bored Teenagers Turn Their Eyes Longingly To The Exciting Doings In The Big Cities, Pining For Urban Amenities Like Hipster Bars And Farmers' Markets And Indie-rock Festivals. Like Everyone Else, They Want The Vibrant And They Will Not Be Denied.

The Thing Now Is To Seem Concerned In A Vaguely Social-democratic Way.