[riverdawg]

” ... you’re not a conservative since you would rather cater to so-called Independents (moderates).”

That kind of thinking loses elections. I'm old enough to remember the 1964 election, which ushered in a filibuster-proof Congress that gave us Medicare, Medicaid, etc. The country has never recovered from that election.

[ScottinVA]

That kind of thinking loses elections. I'm old enough to remember the 1964 election, which ushered in a filibuster-proof Congress that gave us Medicare, Medicaid, etc. The country has never recovered from that election.

Not to mention Ted Kennedy's Immigration Act (1965).

[onyx]

P. U. LBJ won because the electorate was not going to change horses again after the assassination of JFK and yes, I’m old enough to remember the election, too.

Obama is a Marxist, but our side has to put up a moderate to attract the middle? Sheesh.

[Mach9]

Do you really believe Nelson Rockefeller would have beaten LBJ? And in the unlikely event Rocky had won, what difference would it have made? More importantly though, you’re old enough to remember the 1980 election. We were urged then, too, to support paler colors.