Yesterday, I had an opportunity to talk to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan and I asked him about an argument that has been made many times in the blogosphere, especially since John McCain became our nominee.

That question and Mike Duncan's answer, which I thought was very good, follows,

Here's an argument that I don't agree with, but that I hear a lot: it goes something like this, "The GOP is doing a poor job of representing conservatives. So, what we need to do is deliberately lose in 2008 and then, after a few years of Hillary or Barack in charge, America will be sick of the Left, the GOP will be serious about conservative principles again, and the Party will come back stronger than ever and more representative of conservative views." Again, I don't agree with that, but I hear it a lot. What do you say to that?

Well, that is a fallacious argument. It's also dangerous and let me paint a picture of why. Taken to the extreme, that would return us to 1964 when the Democrats controlled the government entirely.

Look at all the programs that were introduced during that period of time that we've had trouble managing, that were are expensive, that have caused us to raise taxes.

So, I think if people sit down and think about turning the entire government over to the Democrats and what that would do to them individually -- it would take money away from their families, take jobs away from small businesses, and I think it would be disastrous for our economy. That would be a nightmare in my estimation.