Time passess. New interests, new issues and new alliances arise. The only thing you can be sure of is that the next election will be billed as the "most important election in our lifetime."
It’s a cyclical thing, inevitably the Rats will overreach and it will tilt back in our direction. But next time the Republicans must simply do a better job than the last time the pendulum swung in their direction.
You are correct.
Perhaps what we should be asking is “Can a Conservative win ever win the GOP Nomination (much less the Presidency)?”
I think the center has been driven so far left that we don’t have a chance.
I would have believed that too until seeing the Santa Claus technique in action. Unless there is a GOP candidate the can out Santa the Dems, it’s likely not going to change. The dependent class will never vote for a party that will take away their free stuff. I’ve talked to a few recently. They fear that if a republican gets into office they will no longer get WIC, welfare, EBT cards, etc... It’s like a heroin addict choosing between rehab or a lifetime free supply of heroin. As long as the producers continue to fund the takers and looters, nothing will change.
These things tend to go in cycles. I’m sure after Ronald Reagan won with 49 states in 1984 the Democrats were asking the same questions. The only difference is they learned from their mistakes and don’t keep putting up candidates that the people don’t want, like the Republicans do.