I saw this howler of an article on Washingtonpost.com that "Security Moms" -- married women with kids -- were leaving the GOP in droves according to polls.
Well, I've got news: they were never there.
There's this really annoying tendency to pare down anyone who voted for George Bush in 2000 and 2004 as a solid support of him and the GOP. Well, no. First, you've only got two real choices for President -- the Greens and Independents (flaky by the name) have not advanced a really viable candidate. So it's either one guy or the other.
George Bush voters just liked him better than Al Gore and even more so that John Kerry.
Let us remember it was Joh Kerry who made the crack about marrying up to his wife, not George W. I was at a Bay Area Democrats event attended mostly by white women between 21 and 60 -- about 30 percent with kids -- and all let out a collective groan when Kerry made that slip of the tongue. I could see votes slipping away right them.
The Security Moms just plain don't like George W any more. I mean they voted for him but that never translated into support. Let's not forget that as long as the GOP remains white male dominant in its policies -- like abortion -- it will never ever capture the vote of every married woman with kids and this fact will remain as more and more women enter the workforce and take on traditional male roles. The GOP's demise -- or change -- can be seen in demographics.
Then signal is clear: welcome to the 21st Century GOP -- deal with it!
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