The Art of the Political Comeback
How far can a major political party fall?
It’s a question Republicans seem determined to test these days. The party is shut out of power in the White House. In Congress, the Democrats now have enough votes to block a filibuster. Approval ratings for the Republican Party are at near-record lows. Worse still, at a time when Republicans are yearning for someone to lead them back to power, the party’s next generation of stars is drawing precisely ...
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Nagourney's analysis rests on a concept for which he is the sole source: The idea that there are two types of comebacks. He then use that predicate without buttress to classify historic events. It leads to the obvious question, "Says who?" On one hand, it would be pedantic and digressive to launch a detailed, explicit examination of the nature of political comebacks; one the other, it would be nice to have a reason to believe that it is sufficient to have Mr. Nagourney as the sole arbiter of this point.