mishu, why were the Republicans wandering in the wilderness for 50 years? Was it because they offered a clear, stark and striking contrast to the Democratics that the public didn’t want, or was it because they offered everything the Democratics offered but slightly less? It was the latter.
Democratics won control of the government following the stock market crash because the public blamed the President, and his party, for the failure. The public kept voting for Democratics because there was no point in voting for a Republican challenger who agreed with the Democratic agenda.
If we were having this argument in 1936, you would have me abandon my principles and vote for a Republican who advocated a philosophy that would greatly prolong the Great Depression. That would certainly be beneficial to the party but it’s disastrous for me and the country. It’s no real surprise that Republicans took power when they finally offered something different from the Democratics. What is surprising is the number of people who are so eager to abandon a winning strategy for both the party and the country.
