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State of the Race, Part 3: Winning by Losing | RealClearPolitics

Maybe Obamacare will work as advertised. Maybe we can attack a gigantic Middle Eastern nation without any major problems. Maybe the Fed can unwind massive quantitative easing smoothly. Maybe our economy will surge as a result of additional stimulus and/or supply-side tax cuts, and the debt will take care of itself.

Maybe. But if things don’t turn out for the best here, I sure wouldn’t want to be the one governing. Sometimes you really do win by losing.

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In a way, I’m glad that there is no chance of a liberty-minded conservative winning the White House this year. Whoever there is likely to be destroyed over the next four years, along with his party.

The author of this piece sees the logical outcome as being an endless pendulum swing on the part of the American electorate between GOP and Dems. My hunch is the voters will turn away from one or the other, and perhaps even both.

Prediction: One of our two major parties will no longer exist in its present form four years from now.