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Political cycles don't run their course in a couple of years. Conservative ascendancy began with Reagan's election, proceeded to gain strength through the 80's and 90's (remember that Clinton was elected on a "New Democrat" platform, which was markedly more conservative than traditional Democrat platforms of the past), then peaked with GW Bush's first term (which was a time of unified Republican governance at the federal level and a growing sense that the Democrats were finished for the foreseeable future). At that point, the usual forces started to come to bear within the Republican Party - arrogance, corruption, incompetence, abandonment of principles - which led to severe electoral losses in 06.

In all likelyhood, we are entering a 20 to 30 year period of Democrat/liberal ascendancy in American politics. That probably means a Democrat Congress for a while, as well as a liberal president elected in 08. Notice I said "liberal" president. Even now, we can see that the Republican Party is all set to nominate a liberal big city mayor for president. Whether it's Hillary that wins or Rudy, we'll still be getting a liberal who will take this country in a much different direction than a Reagan or a Goldwater would. I don't mean to sound fatalistic, nothing is written in stone, after all. But history does seem to predictably repeat.

Even now, we can see that the Republican Party is all set to nominate a liberal big city mayor for president.

Doesn't have to happen. We are the Base. We run the Caucusses. We pick the delegates. We vote in the straw polls. We don't have to be steam-rolled by the Rockefeller wing and their tame MSM.

We can, and should, pick a solid guy, such as Duncan Hunter.