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November 07, 2004

The wise man builds his house upon a rock

and the foolish man builds his house upon the sand

As we're all well aware, Republicans at the national level had a good day on Tuesday. But here in Oregon, the state GOP is on life support.

How did the party of Packwood and Hatfield get this way? A Republican Party that used to be the home of civil rights advocates and public accomodation legislation has become the anti-tax, anti-gay, religious extremism party. The result? Democrats at the local level had a virtual clean sweep on Tuesday.

Is this isolated to Oregon? Apparently not. Democrats around the country made significant gains at the local level.

The Republicans are on a long, slow, foolish march to the far right. Liberals and Democrats have desperately worked to compromise and move to the middle..even to the far right sometimes in a vain hope that they would get some reciprocation. That isn't working and at the local level liberals woke up to that reality long ago. Just like the conservatives of the 60s and 70s, liberals are building the foundation upon the rock of local races, establishing themselves and rebuilding for a national resurgence.

And so it begins.

Posted by Carla at November 7, 2004 11:24 AM