Dissecting politics past, and predicting politics yet to come, is a lot like reading tea leaves and chicken entrails, but last week's election has left enough tea leaves in the cup and chicken parts on the ground to let us divine two lessons, the first for Republicans, the second for Democrats.
Despite Rush Limbaugh's monumental disdain for the "moderates" he dismisses as liberals lite, the "moderates," the self-identified centrists and independents, picked the winners last week, as they pick most of the winners in every election. As Dick Morris once put it, "40% of the people always vote Democrat. 40% always vote Republican. And the 20% in the middle decide the elections." The "20% in the middle" are not, as Rush thinks, simply those unclear on all the concepts. They just disagree with Rush. They are mostly those who pick and choose among the candidates and propositions with little or no party allegiance, and vote for whoever, and whatever, they feel or think is best. (Written by Raymond S. Kraft. Read the entire article at Right Truth)
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