Posted by
Chris on Friday, November 07, 2008 1:04:52 PM
Just an interesting bit of polling from Associated Press in the post-election analysis. Not the radical shift that was talked about, but enough to be worth looking at. From what I hear, the youth and the independents made the difference. The independents can shift again, I'm not worried about that so much. But the young voters don't remember the Cold War (a very pertinent gap in knowledge when you elect a socialist who will have to deal with Russian agression), and they are by and large ignorant of history and of what makes America distinctive. We need a robust educational effort, as well as a renaissance in creative expression of the principles of the American Founding, if we are to remain distinctive - not to mention, actually sticking to those principles and living out the spiritual truth behind them.