Brian: As you know, I haven’t voted GOP since 1996. Do the Republicans more align with my conservatism than the Dems? Absolutely.
However, the idea of the GOP turning into a perpetual minority party is nonsensical. All of the wishes of the Lefties to the contrary, there is no evidence to support this. If anything, the Dems are moving more to the Right (example: the ACA is essentially a redrafted version of the GOP’s mid-1990s plan) and America has been and remains a Center-Right country.
The paradigm has shifted in this country and neither party is in a position (yet) to offer meaningful solutions. Hence, the idiotic “War on Women” meme that’s being bruited right now. No such thing. But, the Dems don’t really have any other significant talking points to push (the economy isn’t doing particularly well, ACA could possibly be voted down, etc), so the Dems are pushing made-up wedge issues and trying to gin up support in the base, especially in key battleground states (think Obama and the Trayvon Martin shooting). Given the viciousness of the GOP Primary, Obama should be kicking Romney’s ass in the polls. He isn’t and, in fact, he’s either only slightly ahead or dead even (depending on the polls used). Given that, the idea of the GOP being a “perpetual minority party” seems somewhat at odds with the facts on the ground.
You tend to focus nearly exclusively on partisanship and Dem versus GOP, when the larger issues confronting our country have nothing to do with either.
Focus instead on tax reform, entitlement reform and the coming “crowding effect” both will have on this country if nothing is done.
