The emerging Republican minority

Yesterday I wrote about the alternative reality of those whose only news source is the Republican echo chamber that's composed of Fox news, conservative talk radio, right wing churches, and politicians.

Now this construct is beginning to disintegrate. People are connecting the dots and the picture that emerges is one of an incompetent and corrupt administration. This is not being revealed by Democrats. The new Democratic congress has only just begun. This is a result of Republican stumbling. There is much more to be revealed. I've seen enough to know that there are more scandals to come and that the worst is yet to come. This is just the beginning. The truth about the Bush administration is coming out now because the media has finally rediscovered journalism. At last they ask probing questions and insist on answers, not evasions. Its coming out because the Democrats have rediscovered their spine and are pushing back. Some Republicans are fed up and speaking out and there will be more in the future. Most of all, Katrina was a big wake up call for the public and they saw the incompetence on TV. Then Iraq worsened and Bush lost support.

What happens to the carefully spun right wing fantasy now? Some of that 30% who still believe what they hear from Rush Limbaugh must be getting disillusioned. I don't think they will change their attitudes. I think they will blame the politicians and cling to their mean spirited ideology. I think many of them will drop out of politics for a time.

The nation is shifting back to the left. There are signs of this all across the culture of the country. The 30% are slowly being left behind and left out. We are on the edge of an emerging long term Republican minority.