re: #44 sliv_the_eli

This is a well reasoned statement. I sense that there is a fundamental shift starting to move the “silent majority” away from simply playing the role of a counterbalancing weight. When the politicians and positions were distinguished in varying shades of grey, who was in control at any given time was of no immediate consequence; the generally accepted 4 year “lag” between any enacted law or executive policy and any measurable impact was seen as sufficient time to make any necessary adjustments at the polls. In a political age where many candidates are threatening to undertake immediate and measurable attacks on the freedoms of the body politic, I think people will be energized to vote and express their displeasure at the Palinistas, Paladinistas and Tea Party Polemicists. If not this year, certainly by the next cycle.