"Give an Irishman a Horse and He'll Vote Tory"

"Different variables will yield different predictions.  But it seems likely that the political clout of more conservative regions like the South and Southwest will continue to grow as a result of population shifts.  And because powerful, enduring regional cultures tend to replace dwindling and attenuating immigrant cultures, a growing number of conservative Southern and Southwestern Latinos in the electorate may doom the hope that Latino immigration and fertility will propel a Democratic coalition of Latinos, African-Americans and white progressives to permanent power in American government."


Michael Lind in Salon questions the emerging Democratic majority.