I remember the 60's and 70's, the massive marches on college campuses, the riots in the streets, cities burning..., over the Vietnam War. George McGovern tried to tap into that anger and ran for president on an anti-war platform in 1972. Given all that, one would have thought he'd win in a landslide. Reality: he lost every state but one.
In spite of the war's unpopularity, there just isn't the anger there used to be, other than from the far left. What few anti-war protests we're seeing are, by historic standards, rather pathetic.
Dims may be trying to cultivate that anger. But IMHO, if they push it too far, they'll end up in the same place that McGovern did. And considering their presidential candidate field is kissing up to the loons at Kos, that's exactly where they're going.
yes, but McGovern never lead in the polls. The Dem’s are leading except for Rudy. McGovern was way out even by the standards of todays Dem’s. We are also living in a different society then in ‘72 one that is very close and with the war it will favor the Dem’s unless we really get our act together. Don’t forget in ‘72 Vermont was Republican and so was Washington, Oregon, New Jersey, Iowa, Wisconsin, California,Delaware etc. Also Suburbs were very Republican and Most blacks did not vote. The Latino population was a lot smaller than now. The times they are a changing. we need to change with them. The message is not working very well. Also the Dem's have 100 million dollars more than we have already.