Which party's electoral/demographic coalition is more unstable?

[Indy Texas]

If you put Michael Moore, George Soros, a women's studies professor, a black single mom and a Hispanic construction worker in the same room, they might eventually run out of things to talk about.

If you put Grover Norquist, Rick Santorum, a hedge fund manager, Joe the Plumber and an Ayn Rand-quoting atheist in the same room, they might kill each other.

[Indy Texas]

Republicans. Soccons are not going to keep sharing the same party with libertarians. One or the other has to crack.

libertarians don't actually exist outside of the internet

And university economics departments. But apart from those places... yeah.

Actually, they are almost extinct in university economics departments, actually. Sure, there is George Mason out there for libertarians - but, then, there is University of Utah for Marxists, isn't there?

The irony about hardcore libertarians is that most of them basically don't live in the "real" economy. They work in academia, journalism or think tanks. They will never be laid off. The competition for narrow profit margins of the "widget-producing" industries is something they have no direct contact with. Ayn Rand kept a small fortune in zero-interest checking accounts because she didn't trust the stock market.