[Cold Heat]

Richard Nixon's presidential defeat in 1960 and gubernatorial defeat in 1962 gave him the reputation of a loser. He spent six years shaking it before he could win the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. During that time, he joined a prestigious law firm in New York City, became financially well off, and argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Nixon played a marginal role in presidential politics in 1964, introducing his party's nominee at the GOP convention in San Francisco's Cow Palace: "He is the man who earned and proudly carries the title of Mr. Conservative. He is the man who, by the action of this convention, is now Mr. Republican. And he is the man who, after the greatest campaign in history, will be Mr. President—Barry Goldwater." Nixon campaigned for Goldwater and other Republicans that fall, earning the gratitude of conservatives, who together with their standard-bearer went down to defeat in the largest landslide in post-war history.

Would not be the first, but it's not going to happen in 2016.

[Texicanus]

Thanks, I should have remembered Nixon. I remember Goldwater and the conservatives getting wiped out in the 1964 election. I was very young at that time and did not understand much about politics and its consequences. But after the Carter administration, I had a political awakening and have been conservative ever since. I am hoping the younger people will have a similar experience and the conservative base will expand to include more of the younger generation.

I honestly don’t believe Romney can turn the low-info voters and the conservatives this time around. I’m looking for “any candidate” that can limit the size and extent of government intrusion into our lives, one that is unafraid to stand up and defend America and its constitution as written. Someone a lot more conservative than what the GOP is floating at this time.

It would be nice to see some new candidates and not one from the past political dynasties.