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The one thing that the right has been able to do, that the left, has not, is unite. Ambivelance about Kerry (And to a lesser extent, Gore) in certain circles scuttled his election. The right, largely through the efforts of a few key people (Norquist comes to mind immediately) were able to persuade their various factions that they could all get what they wanted if they stayed united. The right is practical. Liberals tend to be more idealistic. Thus our inability to unite, and thus all the vitriol that gets spilled across these posts at Salon.
In the end, the right is falling apart. The immoral minority is relatively unsatisfied by what Bush has accomplished for them, fiscal conservatives are generally appalled by...everything Bush has done.
Bush is to the left what Coulter thinks McCain will be to the right. I doubt it. Kids are getting more and more progressive, and are voting more and more.
Now that we are looking at a fractured republican party, the question is, can the Democrats unite?
