The only thing is that I'm afraid this is revealing of an attitude among the left, which, so long as they have it, is going to make them hugely unsuccessful politically, because if your entire politics is based around longing for a lost golden age and hating the person that brought it to an end, you're never going to get anywhere.
Johnson barely survived, and none of the other Republican leaders directly involved benefited politically in their unsuccessful attempt to remove the president.
Although unsuccessful, he remained politically involved in his native country, and in 2004, he was appointed to the cabinet of President Martín Torrijos to serve as minister of tourism.
He had been politically reborn before after his first, unsuccessful runs for state senator and then governor, and then, as an obscure Southern ex-governor, to the Presidency itself.
He had been politically reborn before — after his first, unsuccessful runs for state senator and then governor, and then, as an obscure Southern ex-governor, to the Presidency itself.
On top of private woes, the president is struggling to appear politically credible in his so far unsuccessful effort to tackle high unemployment, public debt and stagnant economic growth.
Cornwallis' work on union and his position on Catholic emancipation, while unsuccessful at the time, were politically influential.
There were several unsuccessful attempts to end the Troubles politically, such as the Sunningdale Agreement of 1973.
The stakes for the candidates are high as well: with both having come off unsuccessful campaigns, whoever loses is most likely finished politically.
