Uh, there's a simpler explanation. Rational engineerists like myself went from idealistic Liberal Democrat to rational pragmatist. I was a McGovern campaigner (and other similar folk) who over the years observed that the party's dogma did not work, despite hundreds of billions in social welfare wealth transfer programs. Seeing the current Democratic fashion of buying off special interest groups (i.e. elderly with prescription drugs money) with family wage earners' tax money further validates my decision to switch. Hitch has been a thorn in the side of fellow Liberals since the Clinton years.

-philw (lets facts change his opinions)