[Peace-discuss] Realignment?

[C. G. ESTABROOK]

"Ron Paul wins support of the military while Obama cashes in on war- 
profiteers.

"Defense contractors are pumping money into the campaign for President  
Obama as he runs for reelection, but one of his biggest competitors,  
Ron Paul, is cashing in on his opposition to militaristic  
imperialism..." <http://rt.com/usa/news/paul-military-obama- 
defense-753/>.

It's not out of the question that 2012 could see a realignment of the  
'major' parties like 1932 (the New Deal) and 1968 (the Southern  
Strategy). The collapse of a Romney candidacy and a shift to Paul -  
either within the Republican party or outside it - would make the  
alternate to the Democrats' war-and-Wall-St policies be an anti- 
interventionist, anti-Wall-St., anti-racist-drug-war (and hence anti- 
incarceration) party, whether called Republican or not.

The best evidence that this might happen is Paul's domination of the  
youth vote in the primaries so far. 'Traditional' Republicans are  
substantially older, Paul Republicans younger. A Paul insurgency this  
year may be the basis for the replacement of the Nixon-Reagan-Bush  
Republicans, especially given the apparent collapse of the  
Teapartiers. --CGE
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