http://themoderatevoice.com/5479/montana-miracle/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/5479/montana-miracle/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Elrod Wed, 04 Jan 2006 05:58:47 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2006/01/03/uncategorized/montana-miracle/#comment-253 Schweitzer has done a number of things right. For one, he's shown how Democrats can make hunter's rights a progressive issue. The future of the Democratic Party is the West, not the South. With large Hispanic populations, and concern over water rights, overpopulation, excessive growth and smog dominating the discussion in Western states like NV, AZ, NM, CO and MT, the Dems can take charge of the political debate. Culture war crap doesn't play out West the way it does down South. Maybe in Utah or Idaho it does, but nowhere else. Even staunchly GOP Wyoming is ripe for some Democratic incursions (the Governor is a Dem). Schweitzer has done a number of things right. For one, he’s shown how Democrats can make hunter’s rights a progressive issue. The future of the Democratic Party is the West, not the South. With large Hispanic populations, and concern over water rights, overpopulation, excessive growth and smog dominating the discussion in Western states like NV, AZ, NM, CO and MT, the Dems can take charge of the political debate. Culture war crap doesn’t play out West the way it does down South. Maybe in Utah or Idaho it does, but nowhere else. Even staunchly GOP Wyoming is ripe for some Democratic incursions (the Governor is a Dem).

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