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millennial makeover: America's a Different Country
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Friday, October 22, 2010. America's a Different Country. The second big demographic change is the emergence of the largest, most diverse generation in American history, one which will dominate the political and cultural life of 21st century America as much as the Boomers did in the late 20th century. The Millennial Generation. To upend conventional political wisdom was demonstrated by Barack Obama’s victories...
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millennial makeover: Which Deficits Do Millennials Care About?
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Tuesday, December 7, 2010. Which Deficits Do Millennials Care About? 8221; to finally face up to their lifelong avoidance of responsibility and agree to painful reductions in their future retirement benefits and current tax preferences. The generation gap that has separated Boomers from their elders for decades appeared to be almost as wide today as it was in the 1960s. In stark contrast with the zero sum proposals...
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millennial makeover: Why Most Americans Are Both Liberal and Conservative
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Thursday, January 27, 2011. Why Most Americans Are Both Liberal and Conservative. Why we look left and right at the same time. In their book, "The Political Beliefs of Americans" (1967), they maintained that Americans consistently demonstrate a conflict between their general attitudes toward "the proper role and sphere of government," (which drove the big GOP gains last November) and their attitudes toward specific...
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millennial makeover: February 2010
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Monday, February 22, 2010. Democrats Rock, the Vote on Campus. More than twice as many 18-29 year olds voted for President Barack Obama as for John McCain in 2008, and one year later the party preferences of college students remain similarly lopsided in favor of the Democratic Party and its political point of view. Thursday, February 18, 2010. Democrats Should Act Like the Majority They Are. As the first article.
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millennial makeover: Walker Awakens a Sleeping Giant
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Friday, March 11, 2011. Walker Awakens a Sleeping Giant. The use of a legislative maneuver by Republicans in Wisconsin to accomplish Governor Scott Walker's efforts to strip state employees of their collective bargaining rights may have caught Democrats by surprise, but the ultimate result of the actions of Walker and his GOP allies may have been to awaken a sleeping giant. And across the nation. One of the things ...
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millennial makeover: October 2010
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Friday, October 22, 2010. America's a Different Country. The second big demographic change is the emergence of the largest, most diverse generation in American history, one which will dominate the political and cultural life of 21st century America as much as the Boomers did in the late 20th century. The Millennial Generation. To upend conventional political wisdom was demonstrated by Barack Obama’s victories...
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millennial makeover: September 2010
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Tuesday, September 14, 2010. This week three top Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives- Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, and Paul Ryan- will release their new book, Young Guns. Outlining a vision for America's future that reflects their Generation X philosophy of individual autonomy and hostility to community or collective action. Originally, Young Guns. On how to use government to catalyze bottom-up innovat...
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millennial makeover: Victory for Egypt's Leaderless Revolution
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Friday, February 11, 2011. Victory for Egypt's Leaderless Revolution. In doing so, they revealed the same type of inter-generational misunderstandings that cost Hosni Mubarak his presidency. This group of Egyptian under-thirty organizers learned an important lesson from the failure of their fellow generation’s protest in Iran. That uprising was shut down by Iran’s secret police, who used the protest...The power of ...
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millennial makeover: August 2010
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Thursday, August 26, 2010. Its Time for Something Completely Different. As the country’s political distemper grows, many commentators, reflecting their own generational biases, mistakenly assume that voters are looking for less government as the solution to the nation’s ills. But survey research data. The final shape of that reform reflects a new Millennialist approach to the making and implementation of public pol...
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millennial makeover: March 2010
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A commentary on generational and technological change and its impact on American politics. Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Dems, not Independents, Dominate 21st Century Electortae. Now that President Obama has signed the historic health care reform legislation that pundits claim would never pass, it’s time to put to rest another DC myth —the importance of independent voters. A February 2010 survey commissioned by NDN. 8226; The American electorate tilts strongly Democratic. Overall, nearly half (47%) of the...
