[etradervic]

It really is a matter of ignorance. Democrat voters have not made the connection that the Obama and Pelosi are socialists. They are not sufficiently well-informed to be able to make the distinction.

The press does not report because it is partisan.
The schools do not teach because they are partisan.
The GOP does not emphasize this because they do not want to offend anyone who may have wandered into their "big tent."

[bronxboy]

What the GOP doesn’t understand is that ‘socialism’ is not a bad word for the unemployed. If the GOP had fair trade and had not bled jobs from this country, they would not have lost the election. You can say anything. People without jobs won’t listen. The GOP will be blamed for this recession/depression.

This is not unfair. I think both parties share the blame, but the party that holds the presidency sets the monetary policy. My Grandpa was a big FDR fan. He told me once that ‘everyone knew that FDR cared about the people’. He believed without FDR, millions of Americans would have starved. There was a connection-a trust if you will of FDR. The GOP has lost the trust of the American people. It will be hard to combat this in the short term. Perhaps in the the coming years Repubs can win back the trust of the people.