Reply #71: those were very broad based movements [View All]

[paulk]

and they all took a very long period of time to develop.

The movement described above is centered on Obama, as near as I can tell. It's more of a personality cult than a "movement". And "change" is such a generalized thing - it means different things to different people.

And the "movement" described is pretty small in the overall picture. It's got him barely ahead in the Democratic Primary race - not exactly overwhelming when measured against the entire population. Not like the movements you describe at all - movements that evolved over generations.