President Obama is destroying the Republican Party

[davidn3600]

53. Boxed in for what? The GOP controlls only 1/3rd of the government.

They can only vote up or down on things.

All this blame for sequestration and fiscal cliff is meaningless. Even if the GOP gets blame, Nate Silver still says the GOP will likely PICK UP seats in the Senate and hold the House in 2014.

People who think the GOP is going to implode are dreaming. It isn't going to happen. People thought that the Democrats were on the ropes too in 2004. The common enemy will hold the status quo.

Obama did not win a massive landslide. He won 51% of the vote against a shitty candidate....possibly one of the worst candidates we have ever seen in modern times. The United States is a politically divided nation. And that's not going to change any time soon. I understand we are excited that women and hispanics are voting for Democrats in large numbers. But that can change. The GOP is in a civil war that the extremists will eventually lose. It is inevitable. The old, rich, religious-right, white guys are a dying breed and are losing influence. They can't even get their man nominated anymore. The future GOP will be more moderate and more libertarian. More than half of Republicans under age 45 voted for Ron Paul. More than 2/3rds of Republicans over age 65 voted for either Gingrich or Santorum. In a decade or so, political animals like Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock will be extinct.

History proves the political winds can shift rapidly in this country. Just be aware of that.