No, because you'll have someone arise to support conservative views since the USA has alot of conservative voters.
No, because you'll have someone arise to support conservative views since the USA has alot of conservative voters.
Ford winning in 1976 is ok too. After that, not even Reagan can win in '80 (especially after a primary fight with VP Bob Dole).
That idea is SWEET! That may even doom the GOP altogether.
I'm going with Reagan beating Carter in '76 like the other guys.
Here's a list of Presidents that I just came up with for this.
1977-1981: Ronald Reagan, Republican
1981-1989: Edward Kennedy, Democrat
1989-1993: John Glenn, Democrat
1993-2001: Colin Powell, Republican
2001-2009: Paul Wellstone, Democrat
2009-present: Lincoln Chaffee, Republican
I didn't really put a lot of thought into it though.
A lot depends on definitions here. 50 years ago the South was hardcore Democrat. Our position hasn't changed, but the parties have both moved very far to the left. Compared to 1960, the current Republican party looks definitely pink, and the Democrats are out-and-out screaming liberal Commies.
Y'know, it astounds me that nobody seemed to think it was suspicious that the hostages were released on Reagan's inauguration day.What if the rumors that the Reagan campaign had cut a deal with the Iranians to hold those hostages through the 1980 election were not only true but blew up into a major scandal. This would be coming less than a decade after the Watergate break in. So it would reenforce the damage of the Republican party brand brought by the Nixon resignation.
A lot depends on definitions here. 50 years ago the South was hardcore Democrat. Our position hasn't changed, but the parties have both moved very far to the left. Compared to 1960, the current Republican party looks definitely pink, and the Democrats are out-and-out screaming liberal Commies.
Try reading John F. Kennedy's "The Strategy of Peace." It was close to the Democrat party line back then; if you put Dick Cheney's name on it and showed it to someone now, they'd just nod and say they knew he was a whackazoid warmonger owned by Big Business all along...