Gentlemen, you must have missed a couple of elections. The United States became a socialist country in 1965 at the latest. I would argue that it became a socialist camp in 1932.
As for the future, FreeRepublic is either going to lead the fight in scaring the Republicans to death, thereby forcing them back into the conservative camp where they will have to actually stand and fight for something conservative or the US is going to disintegrate in less than twenty years.
As for Bush, he is going to lose in 2004 unless he moves strongly to the right. He won't.
I'm really looking forward to this answer, so please explain