There are many familiar ironies to all this. One that stands out is the fact that the Republican Party is identified as home to the neo-conservative movement in light of a school of thought that holds that American neo-conservatism’s earliest roots lie within the Democratic Party. Having said that, the suggestion to those with doubts about neo-conservatism’s wane is to consider the results of a Pew Research Organization poll on voter identification.
The poll, the results of which were released on March 22, was fairly straight forward, essentially asking respondents with which of the two political parties do they identify. Fifty percent said Democrat; 35 percent claimed Republican. When one combines that dynamic with the perception generated from other recent polls showing a clear majority of the American public now trust that Democrats can best handle the neo-con movement’s core issue – national security --- it becomes even clearer what the American public is saying about its unenduring, unrequited love affair with the neo-con agenda.
It’s over.
