In 2012 I think that moderates and conservatives will not be able to agree on a candidate, and that whomever gets the nomination will only have the support of about 2/3 of the already spavined Republican electorate.
By 2016, the true conservatives will have split off, as will the Far Left lunatics. Mainstreamers from the Democratic and Republican parties will form a centrist bloc under the Dem Label, and will attempt to govern from a reasoned moderate perspective, while the Far left and Far Right will find common causes.
I’m curious. What common causes do you think the far left and the far right will find?