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Rob Kailey is a working schmuck with no ties or affiliations to any governmental or political organizations, save those of sympathy.
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 at 12:33:41 PM MST
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Steve Fenberg, of Forward Montana's sister organization New Era Colorado, and I (wearing my Forward Montana hat) have an op-ed in the Denver Post today highlighting how young Westerners are repainting the Rockies blue.Call it blowback from the Sagebrush Rebellion. The same region that took a turn for the hard right a generation ago is now trending blue. The secret in the story is said to be a lot of things - different, authentically Western Democrats, and maybe an influx of people from California - but it may be simpler than all that.
The descendants of the rebels themselves - today's Western youth - are leading the charge for a more Democratic West. If the trends continue, the Republican Party may find itself in a world of hurt. Now, I don't think the Republicans have lost the Millenial Generation. Nor do I believe they need to. But in order to have a chance with Millenials, who are the largest generation in American history, they need to change a bit. They can't mix unilateral foreign policy with anti-government, anti-science, and anti-diversity views and expect to get much support from a generation whose views are distinctly multilateral, communitarian, environmentalist, and tolerant.
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