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This statistic was often cited by Democratic groups like the centrist Democratic Study Group as proof that the Democratic Party needed to meaningfully differentiate itself from the left as well as the right if it was to win.
"We'd have only gotten 49.5% of the vote against an incumbent fresh off military victory" is a pretty braindead reason for changing course, but I guess that shows how weak the "Centrist" Dems are at this point. Not a convincing argument when there aren't enough Liddy Dems to hit 55% or 60%.
Liddy's reign is Nixon on steroids, with all the rat-fucking, murderous imperialism, and residual New Deal sentiment that makes his environmental stance to the left of the most liberal Republican in our Congress. He just never got caught like the prick deserved. Brilliant update - I hated every second of it.