I'm trying to remember when the US elections effectively became global elections, disenfranchised though the rest of the globe may be. Was it in the era of Clinton I or Bush II? Certainly before Obama the Only.
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:24 PM Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > 2016 is a Presidential election year in the United States, and I make no > > predictions as to the outcome. However, a lot of my friends and > > acquaintances are looking at the Republican party primary debates in > > slack-jawed disbelief and coming out with variations on, "OMG, we're > > doomed! Did he really say that?" > > > > My singular fear is that invoking such strong reactions in moderates > usually leads to more of them not voting/participating in democracy + > converting a good bunch of the moderates on the cusp to vote for them. I > think Modi pulled it off beautifully dangling hindutva to those already > right wing and economic progress to those on the cusp. > > I think what Trump is doing is very very different and his success baffles > me. > > Kiran > -- > Regards, > Kiran > -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --
