Bob Schieffer: GOP May Be Headed for Disaster, Like Dems in ‘72

[See NewsBusters for more.] Veteran CBS journalist Bob Schieffer thinks that the Republicans might be headed for a disaster similar to the one faced by Democrats in 1972. Appearing on CBS This Morning, he also speculated that, regardless of who GOP voters ultimately pick, there is no good option. Drawing a historical comparison, the former Face the Nation anchor imagined, “We may be seeing, for the Republicans, something like the Democrats saw in 1968 in Chicago where the party simply tore itself apart in full view of the entire nation on television.” He connected, “There were riots in the street. There was brutality by the police and all of that.” Schieffer pointed out that the Democrats not only lost in ‘68, but also in ‘72. Continuing the speculative comparison, the journalist reminded viewers of the 49 state loss: “They wind up nominating George McGovern, a good man but someone far outside the mainstream of the Democratic Party and he lost in a historic landslide.”