Is It All Over For Conservatives In America?

fly off the handle wrote: All the old folks are dying off. Demographics will kill the repubs unless they reinvent.
Let's see if they are dinosaurs or can adapt.
Their coalition is shaky at best. Tough when half are nuts or stupid.

Science Chic wrote: I'm guessing yes. No matter what name it takes, we've always had "liberals/progressives" and "conservatives" in some way, shape or form. Who is in power vacillates with who's perceived to have done the most harm recently, or who's going to do better with the challenges facing the country, whether it be war, economy, etc. Good leaders can be found in either party, and good ideas can be found in either party, what matters now is if they can overcome the huge momentum of negative partisan-ship that's got a stranglehold on their ability to work effectively together to come to solutions that are for the better of all, to realize that to compromise doesn't mean sacrificing principles.

The big problem now isn't that Democrats are evil, or Republicans are evil, it's that those in power and with money are making this country more and more lopsided between the Haves and the Have-Nots. It's not R vs D, it's class disparity and unfair opportunity vs power and unfair advantage. If that can be re-balanced (likely not without major upheaval), then it will go back to a back and forth between liberals and conservatives again.