You bring up 1992 to contradict my point?
Isn't that the election that really sticks in every GOP-devotee's craw?
Perhaps you could explain the loss of the House and Senate in 2006? Was it really the Libertarians, or was it the policies of the GOP and it's leaders?
Sorry, I should have been more specific about 1992. Almost without exception, every GOPper blames Perot for GHW Bush's loss.
Yet, Bush was a sitting President who had just finished the Gulf War I and was riding a wave of popularity. His job approval ratings were at 85%. How could a third-party pipsqueak like Perot beat the man behind the bully pulpit?
Easy. Bush went back on his word. Remember "Know New Taxes"? Remember "Read My Lips"? Those were the words that got him elected to his first term. People like me didn't turn their backs on him until he signed the tax increase. When he did that he proved he was just another two-faced lying politician and was unceremoniously tossed from office.
The GOP didn't learn anything because 4 years later, they ran Dowdly Bob Dole against young, virile, Bill Clinton and lost again. Only this time they didn't have Ross Perot to kick around.
The GOP went back to their roots and that's what got them the House and Senate in 1994. In 2006, they proved they didn't deserve to keep them and were tossed.
How is the loss of the House and Senate in 2006, in any way, the fault of Libertarians? How is it not the fault of the GOP.
Yet, who do they blame? The Libertarians.