In Reply to: QOP's new leader is Gym Jordan. posted by mh on November 10, 2026 at 12:37:12
From what I have read, there were three things going for them.
1. Southern strategy.
2. Supplyside economics.
3. Roe v Wade
Reagan happened just 6 years later. They roared back to power and the rest is history.
The ideas behind supply side economics were a novelty for Americans at the time. The New Deal had run its course, and Americans felt grown tired of "big government." Then came the think tanks that were telling people that government was their problem. The South was seething with resentment after the passage of civil rights. Then came the Roe v Wade ruling which was a linchpin for the Religious Right*
So even after the bloodbath in the 74 midterms, the Republican Party had a lot up its sleeve. They had new ideas. Shitty ideas, but ideas nevertheless. What do they have in store for us? I wouldn't write their obituary yet. Gym doesn't seem like a guy to instill optimism, but we never know.
*Not exactly. There is more to it.