Republicans are having a bad day. But it's going to get a lot worse when they look beyond the White House and U.S. Senate and fully absorb what just happened in California. The future of American politics -- a majority-minority coalition handing complete political power over all branches of government to Democrats -- is written here for anyone to see, in big, bold, rainbow colored letters.California, reports the San Francisco Chronicle, may have delivered the most unexpected news in a night full of surprises:California Democrats appear to have picked up a supermajority in both houses of the state Legislature Tuesday night, a surprise outcome that gives the party the ability to unilaterally raise taxes and leaves Republicans essentially irrelevant in Sacramento.If preliminary results hold, 2012 will mark the first time in 80 years that either political party in California has enjoyed super-majority control. Republicans everywhere should be paying close attention. Because the demographic trends that led to Obama's reelection -- the increasing diversity of the electorate, the relative liberalism of the youth vote, the declining influence of old white males -- made their national debut in California in the late 80s and early 90s. The rest of the nation is just catching up.Continue Reading... … Read More
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