True.
But then the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, were in power for to the tune of NINETEEN(19) years before Labour finally took power under Tony Blair. Even so, Tony Blair only gained power by purging the Labour Party of the loonly left, and moving to the center.
As for the recent massive Labour losses being in the local elections, its a forgone conclusion(by every single poll out there), that the Conservatives will blow Labour out of the water in the next general elections.
The only thing Gordon Brown can do is hold off the next elections for as long as possible. It's not going to save him though. The Labour party currently has the lowest poll rating of any party since records started being kept.
“But then the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, were in power for to the tune of NINETEEN(19) years before Labour finally took power under Tony Blair. Even so, Tony Blair only gained power by purging the Labour Party of the loonly left, and moving to the center.”
And in response to Blair’s success, Cameron moved the Tory’s to the center. This is why it is a bit nutty for the conservatives to think Obama’s victory would help the conservative cause. To the contrary, it would shift the whole political center to the left. McCain would be the ‘right wing’ minority and Obama the ‘left wing’ majority.
McCain’s victory would be mixed blessing for conservatives, but ONE GREAT thing about it would be that the obits on Obama’s campaign would be: “He was too liberal.” As such, it would get the Democrats to move back from leftist liberalism. Just like they had to do after 1984 and 1988.
Another irony: Bush had to contend with liberal/leftist rulers in most of Western Europe. They are all flipping conservative, except Spain. If it’s Obama, he will be the most leftwing major power leader!