I prefer this condensention in the new “Blue V. Red” “Urban V. Rural” Cultural Wars to this condensention. There’s a lot of that going around these days… enough that you begin to suspect we’ve lost sight of the very purpleness of our daily encounters.
Still, I think the people of New England the West Coast oughta hold their Moderate Republican Senators hostage, until the vast Flyover Country is willing to elect moderate Democrats.
But then again, Vermont is a rural state. And it is firmly in place in the calculation here (though I wonder if he arbitrarily worked his way up to 25 states.) Vermont, home of hippy ice cream, Socialist Congressmen, and the birthplace of gay civil unions. Though, keep in mind that Howard Dean was an accidental defender of gay civil unions… he didn’t take the lead, but when the tide rushed in, he stepped out of its way. And, barely survived in his 2000 re-election bid for governor. (The 2000 presidential results show the state further down in Gore’s slate of state’s than Kerry’s slate — then again, Dean wasn’t a national figure yet.)
“Back to the Land” fades into memory.