Can New Voters Change the Political Map

One thing that the talking heads, including Tim Russert, who at times appears to be on Hillary's payroll, keep overlooking in the 2008 election cycle is the vast number of new voters that have registered for the Democratic primaries this year. In virtually every state, the Democcrat turn out was much larger than that for the GOP. I suspect the majority of these newly registered voters are Obama followers as opposed to Hillary's followers who tend to the older end of the age spectrum and, therefore, probably were already registered. It certainly happened here in Virginia and by all reports in many other states. Progress Illinois takes a look at this too often overlooked phenomenon. It's an interesting view and worth a read.