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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWSJ: Hillary: The Conservative Hope
http://www.wsj.com/article_email/hillary-the-conservative-hope-1462833870-lMyQjAxMTI2NjE0MDYxNzA5WjThe best hope for whats left of a serious conservative movement in America is the election in November of a Democratic president, held in check by a Republican Congress. Conservatives can survive liberal administrations, especially those whose predictable failures lead to healthy restorationsthink Carter, then Reagan. What isnt survivable is a Republican president who is part Know Nothing, part Smoot-Hawley and part John Birch. The stain of a Trump administration would cripple the conservative cause for a generation.
This is the reality that wavering Republicans need to understand before casting their lot with a presumptive nominee they abhor only slightly less than his likely opponent. If the next presidency is going to be a disaster, why should the GOP want to own it?
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WSJ: Hillary: The Conservative Hope (Original Post)
Ferd Berfel
May 2016
OP
NewImproved Deal
(534 posts)1. The Former Fist Lady...
...has finally found her audience. Go, Clinton Machine!
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Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)2. That's the kind of leadership I expect from republicans
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1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)3. Funny ...
For conservatives, a Democratic victory in November means the loss of another election, with all the policy reversals that entails. That may be dispiriting, but elections will come again. A Trump presidency means losing the Republican Party. Conservatives need to accept that most conservative of wisdomssometimes, losing is winning, especially when it offers an education in the importance of political hygiene.
Isn't this, essentially, what the Sanders' supporters are saying?