The motto of our leadership seems to be “We won’t let Victory spoil our impotent mindset”.
1. Reagan signed off on the 1986 amnesty. Per Michael Reagan and Ed Meese, Reagan had regrets about what had been done, if not so much for the amnesty part, but for the lack of followup and enforcement. The Democrats, once again, made a bad faith agreement.
2. George H.W. Bush (the Rockefeller coalition), put in as a 'compromise' VP, and winning on Reagan's coat tails, did what he could to dismantle a lot of the progress made during Reagan.
But back when SNL was funny, they did have a skit where a consultant was consoling Mondale by coloring in Lake Superior to make the lods not look so bad.
The votes haven’t been counted yet. Too many on the right are celebrating as if the election is over. Do people not remember November 2020?