aggiehawg said:
I have said for a number of years now that the DNC was facing a crisis similar to that after 1972 when McGovern went too far left and was obliterated by Nixon. They moderated enough to get Carter elected but then wiped out again for three cycles after that.
Yes you absolutely have, and have been proving to be correct- - despite the period where it looked like the MSM gaslighting envelope might carry Kamala to victory. You are correct. I disagree on one point, and when said, maybe you will agree: They DID not moderate enough for Carter to win, quite as much as the GOP screwed up enough with Nixon's blatant bungles and playing into the hands of ambush over his tactics, and then the cost of the pardon for Ford, that it left a bad enough "taste" for Ford to lose a narrow election.
This distinction is important, because we don't see the party moderating or `learning' anything now -- -so once again, it is on the GOP to not "blow"the next election round with something overtly bungled enough to give the MSM jackals a way to "Carter-coat" the next candidate they want.
A better example of a genuine tack to the center by the Democrats was Clinton's 1992 run and you have described that. I just don't think 1976 represents a party moderation intent (the choice of Carter may have been an attempt to give that impression--but they didn't govern that way).