Yes, but you are implying that one party will grow old and eventually become irrelivant, but that will never be the case. In a two party system, in our case, libertal vs conservative, even if every conservative were to quit politics tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, you would have a new conservative party rise to power, just as potent as the previous one. Neither party is significant without an equal and alternative party, and thus, no matter how many older conservatives cease to run or vote, liberals will not stand unopposed. It's a two party system, if you have some misguided hope that your party will somehow dominate in a few years, you're wrong. The pendulum swings both ways and it always will. Whatever reasonings you might be able to come up with to support such hope are based on false pretenses.

Your best hope for a liberal future is that the republican party moves farther towards the left in coming years to compensate for the more liberal younger demographics as they age, and thus bringing the country more towards the left as a whole. Anyone who thinks the republican party is powerless and insignificant only need listen to any Obama speech, because they are the only thing our president can seem to talk about despite the fact that they currently have very little power. :P

FYI:

The Republicans just changed the way they elect their presidential nominee in a pretty major overhaul. It is designed to promote more grassroots politicians vs. the ones we've been getting. Essentially, they are moving the primaries that were in January to February, to force politicians to actually have a real campaign vs. winning in NH or Iowa, and carrying the rest.

Had this new system of been established prior to the '08 election, from my understanding, Ron Paul would have been the nominee and not McCain. Smoke that in your pipes Mr. 'the Republicans can't pick someone smart'.

Keep telling yourself that.  Here is Palin ON CAMERA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_J0fIF8xl0

Another one:

Sarah Palin asks what the VP of the United States does during an interview (before she gets selected):

You serious?  Go find more on YouTube.

As much as your right about Glenn Beck and Fox news, if you do actually research a good majority of his policies they are very far left and can be considered socialist. Mind you in any political spectrum these days it doesn't matter which party a politician belongs to for the most part because whoever gets elected is just another New World Order puppet.

As to the topic of the thread I really hope conservatives in the U.S smarten the hell up for 2012 because if Ron Paul runs again, for godsakes you people better elect him to run against Obama because the man actually has ideals that he sticks by and is one of the very few with the balls to stand up against the establishment.

More on Palin:

Fox News on Palin lacking basic info (didn't know Africa was a continent):

Even if a worse case scenario happens.  You need someone to beat you.

Look how angry and pissed off most people were at George W Bush when he ran for re-election.

Only problem was, John Kerry was actually worse. 

It will be the same this time.

Obama will win due to a lack of credible opponents.

How did they change it? I am confused.

I honestly think she was playing dumb not knowing what a VP does. I think she was just trying to throw people off her trail.

First of all, I think it is great how we Americans place all the blame for everything on the president.  All those laws and budgets and economic plans that are attributed to bush, yeah most of the them were drafted and passed in the house and senate.  Guess who had control of the house and senate, yeah, it was the democrats.  All bush did was sign the crap into law.  Of course, that places some of the blame on him, but not all of it.   

As for next election, I have a hard time thinking Obama could actually lose.  The republicans are more fractured than ever with all this tea party crap.  I think it would be awesome if Romney got the nom, because I think he could put up a good fight for Obama, but I don't think he will.  

Either way, I'm not going to vote.  No point.  My state will go republican whether I vote or not, so there isn't much of a point for me to actually participate in the voting process.  

I can't be sure of Palin playing dumb to throw people off.  I think the selection of Palin came off as a surprise even to her.  Anyhow, later on, she said the VP was in charge of the senate.