12-27-2019, 10:53 AM
I thought that "accomplisher" wasn't quite an accurate label, but that was just how I remembered it being written. Something like "The Crusader" might be more applicable, since both Bush and Kennedy/Johnson represented the young generation that elected the realigner before governing on those principles in midlife. Both were regarded as mostly failures by history in large part by the unraveling party system, although JFK was spared from this fate. Had he lived it's probable his public image would have eventually deteriorated anyway because of his place in the cycle, possibly seen as too soft on Vietnam.
As for a landslide win, the 2024 election is the one to watch even if a Democrat wins in 2020. It's easy to forget now that 1980 polling was close before Mondale lost in an even greater blowout four years later. I wouldn't doubt we could be headed for a progressive decade in the 2020s since the pattern implies this kind of change.
As for a landslide win, the 2024 election is the one to watch even if a Democrat wins in 2020. It's easy to forget now that 1980 polling was close before Mondale lost in an even greater blowout four years later. I wouldn't doubt we could be headed for a progressive decade in the 2020s since the pattern implies this kind of change.