Well, you've provided more voting data than McCain did last year.RobVarak wrote:Incidentally, if I'm "very right-wing" you really need to get out and meet more Republicans...many of whom scorn me because I'm too "moderate." I would submit that despite the length of this thread, there's really not enough data to pin me down on the political spectrum
RobVarak wrote:I wasn't saying, incidentally, that an Obama presidency would be a liberal apocalpyse. My point was that he's more liberal than the candidate his campaign is selling, and that if McCain wants to get back in this race he needs to point that out.
I think it's going to be more like a Liberal Festivus.
You're also assuming that painting Obama as a liberal will succeed in turning the electorate against him. I don't think that's necessarily the case.
Fatpitcher's point about Americans getting tired of Democrat-dominated governments was only half-correct. When one party controls the legislative and executive branches, there is always a backlash. The GOP had complete control for six years, and frankly laid a Cleveland Steamer on the conservative brand. Iraq, the economy, the weariness of the culture wars (perhaps best symbolized by the "so what?" reaction to Bristol Palin's pregnancy), the sex scandals...Americans are tired of unfiltered conservatism, at least for now. McCain's come-from-behind nomination shows that -- he beat out candidates with much greater conservative credentials and bigger war chests.
I have no doubt if Obama wins and the Democrats retain control of Congress, the pendulum will swing back eventually. But the timer on the Reagan and Gingrich Republicanism is about done. If the GOP suffers big-time in the election, they will probably regroup, rebrand, and eventually regain their strength.
