[ If John Kerry had won in 2004, it’s extremely unlikely Obama would have run or won in 2008.
So is Newt saying we have him to thank for Obama? ]
I always have a nagging feeling that if Gore had Won in 2000 that after he bungled the response to 9/11 we would have been able to get in a true rock ribbed conservative...
Um, who? And where is he now? And where was he in 2008 -- or 2000, for that matter?
I really think our most intractable problem stems from the very nature of things: people who think gov't is the answer to everything (a/k/a liberals) are far more eager to get into politics than people who think gov't is the problem (a/k/a conservatives), who would rather be left alone by the gov't.
We have some conservatives (more with the Tea Party movement), but it's a far more unpleasant task to go into gov't with the aim of cleaning it up (think Augean Stables) and reducing it than to skip happily into it promising everyone heaven on earth.
We're probably lucky to have as many conservatives as we do.