I'll repeat an analogy I love using.
If a person wandering in the woods encounters a bear, all the survival books say the person should wave his hands, jump around, shout loudly, and basically intimidate the bear by making the bear think the person is bigger and more fierce than the bear. The desired result is for the bear to run away.
Moderates and independents tend to be the bear. The radicals, ultra-conservatives, etc. tend to be the person waving and shouting. And being the bear, we tend to believe that we are, indeed, smaller and less ferocious than the radicals.
But guess what. We're the bear! And if the bear realizes that this puny little human really is puny, what happens to that person?
-From my cohort, Mark Kittel.
Posted by Dennis at December 11, 2004 10:01 AMnice analogy.
what happens to them? they stay home and the republicans lose the election.
Posted by: mike at December 14, 2004 06:14 AM