Future of the parties

[BM]

All of these threads are usually started by Republicans because they're embarrassed by the current state of their party and want it to change.

I honestly don't see significant changes in party platforms over the next 20 years though. If Romney loses, Republicans will blame the messenger rather than the message. If he wins, the far right message will have prevailed. Either way they have no reason to become more moderate or libertarian.

[BM]

Most Republican voters viewed Romney as a Massachusetts moderate and were initially unsatisfied with his nomination. A majority never supported him in the primary. His staunch conservative opponents just sucked as candidates and were too fractured. So no, they won't necessarily become more libertarian/moderate if/when Romney loses. They'll likely dig in even more.

Do you really think Republican voters will blame themselves and their ideology for their loss? That goes against the #1 rule of conservatives - never accept responsibility for anything and always play the victim and blame everything else. They'll say their candidate wasn't a true conservative like always.

The bigots and lunatics in your party aren't going away for awhile. Deal with it.