My theory is that the Democrats who could not get their party to maintain the culture in which they were raised became Republican due to a belief, somewhat proven, that the Republicans would maintain it.

Odd that the party whose charter was little or no government, and responsible spending, became associated with cultural prohibitions that were done via government.

How did this happen? America is going into staggering debt because the people who would normally prevent this instead tried to prevent gay marriage, or pregnancy termination, and other dead issues.

Is there a way back? Not for another generation, Bush did to the Republican party what Carter did to the Democratic party.