“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!
Wanna bet?
The Democrats seem to move even more to the left every election cycle, after losing in the previous elections. Algore was left wing, yes, but then Hanoi john Kerry was much more left wing than Algore was, and Obamination is far and away the most extreme left wing candidate this country has ever seen. It seems the more the Democratic Party left wing candidates lose in Presidential elections, the more left wing the Democratic party goes.
No candidate anywhere near as left wing as Obama has even come close to winning a presidential elections in this country. Obama's candidacy will be no different.