Liberals have been excited ever since the November 2012 election; they
seem convinced that Republicans are destroying their own party. The evening shows
on MSNBC are filled with ridicule of the latest conservative’s statement and celebrations
of the imminent demise of the Republican Party.
In my opinion this celebration is misguided.
I believe liberals would be much better off spending their time
explaining why the country would do better with liberal policies than conservative
ones. It’s so much easier to trash the Republicans—and it has more
entertainment value.
But just because the Republicans have lost some elections, and are
having trouble finding new voters, doesn’t mean the party is going to
disintegrate. As many people have pointed out, the Democratic Party went
through a similar experience in the 1970s and that party is still here.
Perhaps the main reason I believe liberals need to focus on
communicating their message is because conservatives have been winning the
national political debate for decades now. After the
2012 election David Frum wrote that conservatives
shouldn’t despair, because “Whatever you think of the Obama record, it's
worth keeping in mind that by any measure, free enterprise has been winning the
game for a long, long time to this point.”
