re: #117 imp_62

Early days yet. I think that a candidate will emerge and will ultimately be marginalized by the right wing and forced to run as an independent. That is where the serious conservative money will have to be spent if there is to be any hope of defeating Obama in the next election. This person may even emerge from the Blue Dogs and jump ship from the Democratic party.

I doubt it. I see the GOP pushing ever harder for ideological purity, and driving out all moderates as the religious right gains total control. I don’t see the Republican Party coming back into power for a long, long time.