Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Obama will truly be the "transformative leader" he is hyped up to be if the Dems retain solid control next year. That will break all sorts of historical precedents/patterns. It will truly be the culmination of the "liberalization of America" that a guest researcher on NPR was discussing around 9 years ago. I forgot his name but he mentioned that demographic changes in the US's exurbs and suburbs indicate a leftward swing that will last at least 20 years.