If anyone reads the NY Daily News, there was a good article concerning this a few days ago. I can't find it now but I will post it when I do. It was written by Michael Goodwin (even though I'm not really a fan of his writing) stating how the Democratic Party has lost touch with the average American. The Democratic was always the party of the blue-collar worker, a title that the Democrats have lost. Giving way to Elitists (Hollywood, the affluent Northeast) and social progressives (gay marriage, pro-choice). I can tell you that when my family immigrated to the country, they all voted Democrat, and today, are still registered with the party. However, the recent turn of the party has driven their votes away. This is evident in the fact that Kerry lost the majority of the vote in NYC's ethnic neighborhoods, a vote that was once guaranteed for the Dems. Uneducated. Greedy. Jesus-loving freaks. You forgot racist, sexist, and homophobic.