"The Republican Party is destroying America"

[Motown_Johnny]

24. I see it as "Scorched Earth" not Murder Suicide

They made a fatal mistake, and some of them know it.

To get W elected, Rove and his gang rejected expanding into the middle to try and get votes and instead dug deeply into the right wing and brought out voters who usually did not vote. Now they are stuck. They can't play back to the middle because they will lose the far right voters who they need.

Combine this horribly short sighted strategy with the demographic shift which is creating an advantage for Democrats and the Republican party is in real trouble.

They see it coming and many have decided to just do as much damage as possible while they can. I suppose they think it will shorten the amount of time that they are out of power if things are really bad for a while. I don't think it will work because the Democratic party is plenty conservative enough for a lot of voters. Once the Republican party is no longer able to compete on a national level the Democrats will split. We will end up with a new liberal party that is actually liberal and a party of conservative Democrats who are at least capable of grasping reality (unlike the current conservative party). The Republicans will hang on in some states for a while, but eventually any young conservative politician who has national aspirations will be forced to join the Democratic party, and that will be the final nail for the (R)s.

At least that is how I see things unfolding. I feel very comfortable making these predictions because 1) none of you know who I am and 2) at my age I may not live long enough to be proved wrong.

Have a nice day.