The educated middle class

Inauguration is this Tuesday, and David Frum writes in Newsweek about "How the GOP Can Rise Again" still:

A generation ago, the great majority of the most educated Americans voted Republican. The elder George Bush, for instance, defeated Michael Dukakis among college graduates by 25 points. But that advantage has been eroding, and last year Barack Obama became the first Democrat since Lyndon Johnson to win a majority of American voters with four years of higher education.

This is no small bloc, especially within white America, where Republicans do best. Almost one third of white Americans hold a college degree, up from one fifth in 1990. Republicans cannot win without this growing group.

No disrespect to Mr. Frum, best-selling author and all, but pundits and political analysts have already beaten this horse to death multiple times since November 5, 2008. But to his credit, maybe nobody specifically talked about the "educated middle class." Perhaps this article is submitted to generate pre-launch (going live Inauguration Day) buzz for his "political group blog," NewMajority.com?

Yes, the educated middle class may have abandoned the Republicans in this election, but they were likely indoctrinated, not educated, in liberal American colleges and universities. How can one claim to be educated when supporting Obama's nationalized health care promise, "free" college tuition, and so-called "tax cuts"? Maybe educated in arts and social sciences, but not Economics 101. How can an educated person believe that Big Government should get bigger and spend its way out of an economic crisis? America's budget deficit is almost $2 trillion in fiscal 2009! Still the Democrats want to pass a stimulus bill worth $850 billion.

For the real educated middle class voters, I still think they went Democrat because they're simply pissed at Republicans for being more and more like Democrats every year they are in office. Add to the fact that the media portrayed Obama as The One, one can easily justify in his or her conservative heart that there's nothing wrong with abandoning one's principles -- everyone else has and everyone says it's okay.

I do agree that this bloc of voters is important to the GOP. The tough job, however, is to educate these educated middle class voters on true conservative principles, and hope they educate their children and future generations about them...