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Last I checked, the Dems still represented the left. It's rather difficult to say that the Republicans still represent the right. Numerous political parties have come and gone throughout the history of American politics. If the Republican party continues ignoring the right while pandering to the left, it will soon find itself little more than a spot on the map of history.

The predictions of the demise of the Republican party are waaaayyyyyyy exaggerated. Is it a perfect party? Far from it. Is it the best party to work with to push a conservative agenda forward? Absolutely 100%.

"Is it the best party to work with to push a conservative agenda forward?"

The Republican party controls two out of three branches of government. The third is more conservative than it's been in at least 70 years (someone posted a fantastic outline of all Supreme Court justices since the 30s the other day). Those two branches of government controlled by the Republican party have given us spending beyond belief, open boarders, a massive expansion of the Dept of Education, an incredible spending increase in Medicare, no reduction in Social(ist) Security, no help with the flow of illegal immigrants, increased Federal government size, increased Federal policing powers and authority, decreased privacy for American citizens, no reduction in the size and authority of the IRS, massive increases in foreign welfare programs, and on and on and on. If this is the best this party can do, then it's no party of or for conservatives, and I hope we can get our act together quickly with a suitable replacement.