James Carville says the Dems will be the dominant governing party for the next 40 years, at least. Is he right?

Well, probably not.

But, Republicans will have to change though to continue to be competitive. People are less religious (less Christian - drop in 10% I believe), less bigoted (44% of Americans support gay marriage vs. 32% from 2004), less white (whites will be in the minority by 2050 at current trends), and less rural. Also, republicans will have to try to reach out to the younger crowd more; a crowd that is pretty live-and-let-live in their attitudes, and more metropolitan and international (a la Cindy McCain).

The neocon dream world of the 1950s will never EVER come back...and...much like with regards to apartheid in S. Africa, thank god.

that will depend on the performance of Obama. If he is a better than average president, then the country will undergo a liberal shift not seen since FDR. If he is an underperforming president, the country will likely shift back towards conservatism seen during reagan.

The young voters are very supportive of Obama because of the perceived incompetence of the bush administration (not my place to say if he was good or not, but he is seen as bad), partly because he is the only president that the young people have experienced. If Obama does badly, the young will feel betrayed by the democrats.

I don't think so. If you look back in history, you'd notice that about every two or three terms, national power switches from one party to the other.

This tends to happen when the public gets angry at the president due to a bad decision, a poor economy, etc. In the last election, we voted Barack Obama to office because we were angry about the war and a failing economy. This will most likely happen in upcoming elections because, well, that's just how Americans are.

And besides, young voters don't really care about political issues, and it's always been a trend for younger people to be more liberal, since liberals offer more revolutionary ideas.

Nope , Skeletor , the talking head for the unknowing is only repeating what he was told ! When you boys run out of the working mans money , and everyone wants on the welfare take and not on a payroll , and when the piper comes calling for his money , who`s gonna` pay him , and what cha` gonna` pay him with ? For every spending action there is a pay back reaction ! It looks good to the libs now , but when China stops buying the USA`s worthless bonds that cover barely the interest on this insane UhBama spending spree into the abyss of nothingness into this bottomless pit of debt, even the dear leader UhBama couldn`t find enough citizens in the world to tax into oblivion to sustain his socialist agenda ....Dang , if no one is working , where`s UhBama getting the cash to pay his legions of bottom feeders if there is no one being taxed ?? Never fear , libs will never see a 40 year free ride at the expense of the workers !

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If so, that's because the voting age is 18, so any new voters probably don't even have real jobs yet, and are probably still living with mommy and daddy. They don't understand that somebody has to pay for that Democrat Gimmie Fest. I give them about six months on their own and half a dozen real paychecks before they come to their senses.

LOL--and you listen to the crazy named James Carville?

nope.....with such fine examples to lead the dems, like sen chris dodd and sen barney frank(both of financial committees that could not see this mess coming down the road), and sen Ted's underwater driving school, and pelosi's faded memories about being told about waterboarding, and the vp's excellent job of sticking his foot in his mouth every occasion he has.....

well the only thing holding the dems together is Obama

and because the republicans can't figure out who is in charge, the dems will keep winning.....

Bush Damaged the GOP like Carter Damaged the Dems... I think that cycles will be very much the same- 8 -12 years

James Carville said in 1977 when Jimmy Carter was elected.

James Carville blew that one and made us over confident.

As a result of our over confidence, Ronald Reagan was elected 4 years later.

The next 40 years? No, he's wrong. But I'd say they will be for the next 8 years at least, probably more like 12 years.

God help us all.