update: readers seem to take this diary as saying the death of the Republican party means a one party system or the death of "conservatism". I agree another party will form with its bedrock being "conservatism". But it will not go by the name of the Republicans...that party is headed towards extinction.
I said it yesterday, and I'll say it again today....never before it my life have I seen either the Democratic or Republican party in so much trouble...
Only once in a long while does an American political party go extinct...being a political junkie in the midst of it must be something to behold.. the question before us today is - are we witnessing such a phenomena with the republican party?
I am going out on a limb and saying YES..as hard as that is to say..my guess is in forty years another party will have replaced them as the second party in this country...
I know the odds of guessing correctly on this are long, but I tell ya, this time it is different....
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