Political Realignment

What Today's Predicted Outcome Will and Will Not Mean

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brendan Nyhan

There is little reason to think that a pro-GOP shift today will be any more permanent than Democrats' gains in 2006 and 2008. Regardless of what happens tonight, the dynamism of American democracy will continue.

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Thomas B. Edsall

Permanent Democratic Majority: New Study Says Yes

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

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A growing number of political scientists, analysts and strategists are making the case for a realignment of political power in the U.S. to a new Democ...

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Mr. President: Bring Us Together

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

It is the American people that Barack Obama must rally to his side. It is they who will ultimately decide the effectiveness of his transition as a springboard to a civic era Administration.

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