I do not consider changing demographics a mistake. There is nothing that the Republicans can do about changing demographics.

No sane person believes that the Republicans are going to make a comeback in California. And when the rest of the country has the same demograhics as California does today, the rest of the country will vote the same as California. The Bush Administration was the high point of demographics for the Republicans with a large middle class suburban whites. As the groups shrinks compared to blacks and hispanics, the Republicans are doomed. All President Bush has done as make it happen faster.

A snarky comment does not answer the question of what the U.S. will be like as a one party state.

Does it require an answer? Is the US now a one party state? Or do you believe Republicans are incapable of learning from their mistakes?

In other words, do you honestly believe they are THAT stupid?

A snarky comment does not answer the question of what the U.S. will be like as a one party state. Especially when the government is so large and dominate that no group can afford to be considered out of power and considering that so many of the groups that make up the Democratic Party will never leave the party.

Also, I wonder how gerrymandering will occur when there is only one dominate political party? Will the Democrats be willing to up geopgrahic areas into the same district again?

The real question is how will the U.S. function as a single party state. When you look at how the liberal white netroots have attack Obama over homosexual politics, it is clear that black voters will be big losers as the U.S. becomes a one party state. When black votes are no longer needed to defeat Republicans, white Democrats will feel comfortable in ignoring black voters.

I also wonder if the Democratic Party will actually become more conservative as previous Republican voters start to vote in the Democratic Primary.

On the other hands, when the U.S. becomes a one party state, there will probably be fewer contested elections and the general election in November will become moot since all of the election issues will have been decided months earlier during the Democratic Primaries.

And last, will the Democratic Party make a big push to make their primaries closed to keep out more conservative voters and will the Democratic Party push to eliminate initiative and referendum in the western states to keep non-traditional power bases from having a say in politics.