After Wisconsin: Race, the 2012 Race, and Beyond
Thomas de Zengotita
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Posted 08.10.2012
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Politics
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Ed Schultz,
Andrew Cuomo,
Chris Christie,
Voter Suppression,
Voter Registration,
Public Sector Unions,
Jerry Brown,
Scott Walker,
Mitch Daniel,
Wisconsin Recall,
New York Labor Unions,
Barack Obama,
Private Sector Unions,
Voting Rights,
Politics News
A lot of blue state liberals may not have noticed, or just shrugged off, the news that white births made up less than half of U.S. births as of July 2011. But you can be sure that news will not go unremarked among those determined to replace "welfare queen" with "public sector queen" in the national pantheon of invidious stereotypes. The "take back our country" theme is just getting under way in American politics. That's why voter registration vs. voter suppression is the most important practical political issue on the table -- in 2012, and beyond.
