This might be the strategy of the left- create policies now that will cripple the economy when a republican inevitably takes over in the next election, blame the republican, get a dem in power for 8 straight years as a result?
- When the Democrats are in charge, their policies drive the nation toward the ditch or into the ditch.
- The public responds by electing more conservatives, just as the Dems & press concurrently begin blaming those newly elected for the ills the Dems created during their controlling tenure.
- The Republicans set about righting some of the wrongs & curbing the excesses, all the while continuing to get the blame...
- Even as the country improves, the Democrats eventually gain in Congress and perhaps also in the White House.
- Now back in power, the Dems & their media take credit for the improving conditions created by the conservatives during the previous few years.
- The pattern begins anew, with the liberals again setting in place their destructive policies.
That's generally how it goes, with the specifics of each few years adjusting based on current fiscal, social and foreign policy conditions, etc.