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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] <a href="http://www.nymag.com/news/politics/16713/">How New York City Is Plotting A Third Way</a> [QUOTE]I don�t consider myself a true Democrat. Yet my mayoral votes notwithstanding, I am not now nor have I ever been a Republican, and could never be unless the Lincoln Chafee�Olympia Snowe�John McCain wing of the party were to take decisive control, or hell freezes over. For me, what has happened politically in New York City stays in New York City. But the thing is, in my political ambivalence I�m not such a freak these days. Fully a third of New Yorkers who voted in the last two elections behaved as I did, voting for Kerry and Bloomberg. Nationally, more and more Americans are clearly disaffected with both big parties. In 2005, for the first time since 1997, the percentages of people telling pollsters they feel generically �very positive� toward the Democrats or Republicans fell to single digits. And antipathy is running at historical highs as well�40 percent negatives for both parties, give or take a few points�which suggests that a huge number of nominal Democrats are voting more against the Bushes and Cheneys (and Santorums and Brownbacks) than they are for the Kerrys and Gores.[/QUOTE]I haven't actually read the article, but perhaps it might be of some interest. (Beyond the "Hey, something happens in NYC, therefore it must be totally important!" angle.) <a href="http://www.mysterypollster.com/main/2006/04/an_immigratione.html">See also</a> [/QB][/QUOTE]
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