| steven787 said: I honestly do not agree with the article, I do not want a Republican revolution with in the party. I hope for a more moderate change in the party. If they get hurt too bad, they may fall apart and turn even further to the right in the wrong ways. |
Steven, that may happen briefly, but not for long. They will have to run back to the center within the next 4-6 years. I'm fairly certain that within that time period they will rediscover the roots of "fiscal conservatism". There's no doubt no matter who is president that there is going to be some expansion of the government because of the prolonged recession. There's also little doubt that there will be some problems with those programs and that when the worst storms of the crisis have passed there will be a shift back to "reigning in spending". If the Republicans can call some of the fiscally minded intellectuals back in from the wilderness and, while still pandering to the social conservatives in the party but ultimately giving them short shrift, things will start swinging back to their favor.
