The Future is Out There

Via Political Diary comes this from New York Sun columnist John Avlon, a former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani:

"'Crime -- I'm conservative. Prostitution -- I'm liberal,' says the reigning King of Comedy, Chris Rock. The libertarian-sounding riff hits on a deeper trend whose ripples could build up to rock underlying assumptions about American politics. African-Americans are de-aligning from the Democratic Party, but Republicans have so far failed to pick them up in significant numbers. The result is a shift that could increase the influence of, and competition for, African-American votes, while swelling the rising tide of independent voters across the nation"

As I keep saying, the liberal Democrats are sliding, the libertarians are ascendant, but they're not likely to support Republicans.