re: #318 HappyWarrior

What I fear most after Trump is the GOP getting away with voter amnesia. They need to own Trump.

We’ve seen this twice before. After eight years of economic growth under Clinton, the Left decided “both parties were the same”, voted for Nader and we got Bush. Then after eight years with Obama, the left forgot about Bush, decided “both parties were the same”, voted for Jill Stein and we got Trump. I can almost guarantee you that in 2028, the Left will have forgotten about Trump and will be saying “both parties are the same” again. They don’t seem to understand that you can’t build a political party from the top down. Under our system, if you don’t already have a robust party infrastructure nationally on par with the major parties, you can’t elect a president out of the blue. All you can do is draw enough votes away from the major party candidate closest to you on the political spectrum to elect the major party candidate farthest from your ideology.