What has happened in California really doesn’t apply here. The party affiliation of the President of the U.S. matters. Democrat presidents tend to be more liberal across the board than Republican presidents.
If Hillary is elected President and if the Democrats keep control of the Congress, her health care plan will be passed because the Democrats will think that the country has moved leftward and that it has given them a mandate to implement liberal laws.
It is all well and good to talk about standing on one’s principles but abstaining from the election because the Republican candidate isn’t “pure” enough or conservative enough will only ensure that the Democrats win and this will just set the conservative cause back for years to come.
That's what they tried to do in 1993, but they couldn't even implement HillaryCare with Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress. And the Clinton Administration's attempt to implement liberal policies resulted in a historic repudiation on Election Day in 1994.
It is all well and good to talk about standing on one’s principles but abstaining from the election because the Republican candidate isn’t “pure” enough or conservative enough will only ensure that the Democrats win and this will just set the conservative cause back for years to come.
It has nothing to do with purity and everything to do with pragmatism. I cited the California example because it illustrates just how unprincipled Republicans can be, too.
A GOP White House and GOP Congress passed a Medicare prescription drug plan that will end up being one of the largest entitlement programs this country has ever had. Do you think there's a chance in hell the Republican Party would have allowed a Democratic administration do something like this?