good article on politics: overreach and backlash

[kiryan]

Good article on overreach and backlash. It over simplifies and summarizes the politics of the past 20 years.

The article has plenty of criticism for the right, but I found the below quote my favorite. In 2008, Dems thought they had 40 years of power, it lasted 2 years.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/04/a ... l?hpt=Sbin

When Obama swept into office in 2008, Democratic strategists started talking demographic shifts that would ensure 40 years in power. Their unified reign lasted two years -- less, if you consider the backlash from independent voters who opposed the post-stimulus explosion of deficits and debt, and later the health care bill.