"I don't see that happening.
But what commonality is there between an Iowa farmer, a San Francisco gay rights promoter, a Chicago union member, and an Atlanta race-baiting welfare gigilo (Hi Julian)?
How can an alliance such as the above *not* fracture internally?"
I hope I'm wrong, but I do see our differences destroy us if we allow the Republican Party to split instead of healing ourselves.
As for your description of the Democrats; very true. And these are far more serious and destructive problems than those that face us Republicans. Don't lose sight of that fact.
To rikkir: "I still believe we will have essentially a 2 party system, just the names will change, and the modern day Dems will be relegated to the status of the Greens. What was the conservative movement in the Republican Party steps out of the McCain / Snow shadow to prove we are the real majority in the country."
What you propose is what I propose; that we heal ourself. I truely believe that would be far more easily accomplished, what with the differences the Republican Party faces, than the chance that the Democratic Party can accomplish the same (see angkor's description above).