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    What happens to the GOP when this is all over?

    Is it too early to schedule a post-mortem?

    Gary Kamiya has some thoughts.
    The GOP stands at a crossroads. Republicans can pretend that nothing has really changed, that this is still a "center-right" nation, and that only an ill-timed economic meltdown cost them the White House. This means leaving their party in the hands of the "movement conservatives" who have dominated the GOP for decades: the demagogues of reaction and resentment, the Christian rightists, the "values" voters, the anti-tax, anti-government zealots, the nativists, anti-rationalists and anti-secularists. The culmination of this approach would be to nominate Sarah Palin as their presidential candidate in 2016. Or they can move to the center, accept that progressive taxation is not just necessary to run a country but that it is a legitimate part of the social contract, accept that markets need some regulation, and try to reach out to all Americans, not just their base.

    If Republicans choose the first option, the GOP will be taking the first steps toward becoming a marginal party, one that will eventually end up an object of curiosity in the historical display case along with such extinct specimens as the Know-Nothing Party. If they choose the second, they will not only save their party, they could help heal the grievous wounds their divisive politics have inflicted on the country.

    If conservatives' track record over the last 40 years is any guide, they will choose the first. And I won't be putting any flowers on their grave.

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    Nice read.

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    I think it depends on how Obama would do during his first term. If he gets nothing substantial done then the GOP doesn't have to alter anything (America will buy the same lines they did with Bush). If Obama does a good job, then the GOP has to change it's stance to beat him I think.
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    very premature. I still have faith in american citizens failure. So McCain still has a shot.
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    A couple of months ago, we had a thread where we discussed W's legacy.

    How does "destroyed the Republican Party" sound?
    Find a new slant.

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    Because the Repubs lose an election, its the end of the Repubs? Please.

    Was it the end of the Dem party when they lost an election.
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    Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter and the GOP will get both sides of Pennsylvania Ave back in 2012...

    I'll only be 24 then. Government really doesn't have any affect on my life for the time being, so in a sick, twisted sort of way, I will look forward to watching Barack Obama fail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wilfredo Ledezma
    Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter and the GOP will get both sides of Pennsylvania Ave back in 2012...

    I'll only be 24 then. Government really doesn't have any affect on my life for the time being, so in a sick, twisted sort of way, I will look forward to watching Barack Obama fail.
    And you'll still be retarded, and you'll still be a virgin.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zip Goshboots
    And you'll still be retarded
    I lol'd.

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    As a refresher course, here's what a sea change looks like:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTMpQqDP-nk

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