General Discussion

to today, which is the lowest point since the Civil War.

The old way does not work. It has never worked. When you look at the totality of power nationally since post-watergate (POTUS, SCOTUS, Senate, House, Governors, and state legislatures), we have an almost linear decline from 1980 onward. We win elections here and there, but in the big picture we have steadily been losing power to the point that we now have NO NATIONAL POWER, and still cling to power in an important set of states. I don't know what more evidence you need to see.

Tell me what kind of evidence you expect to see. To me it is pretty damned obvious. But I have the advantage of having lived through all of this period. I hope to live long enough to see that trend lines reversed on a sustainable basis. None of the "centerists" have ever presented any ideas for how to do that.