I have a feeling the next election is going to be very hard to predict. Both parties are on the verge of splitting, both are beset with weak leadership, and both are ignoring key concerns in this country along with looming problems - heck, they're making them worse.
We're going to reach a tipping point eventually that will probably toss the Dems into a junk heap. What might emerge would probably be hard to classify as either liberal or conservative by today's labels - a lot of folks across the board are getting concerned about labor and security issues and don't share the globalist vision any longer.
"We're going to reach a tipping point eventually that will probably toss the Dems into a junk heap."
Or the GOP. Yes, it's a tossup, but I still expect that whoever is elected will sit smack dab in the center, within a certain range.
We aren't really very good in the USA at making big changes in our elected officials. We, or the majority of us, don't much like extremes, politically.
Look at where we are as we approach the 2006 elections. We're bickering over whether the DEMS or the GOP will have the majority after the election. Myself, I figure it won't make any more difference than it does now. The GOP is nominally in control now. Yet...what have they done?
Even here on FR, the polls are showing that Freepers would vote for a moderate Republican for President, and in a pretty wide majority, over any Democrat. Guess what? That's exactly who we'll have as the GOP candidate.
Same with Congress. There aren't a lot of firebrands on either side in incumbent seats, and not many firebrands on either sude running who stand a chance of election.
You expect changes. I expect more of the same. History is on my side.