R.I.P. social conservatism: Why it’s dying — and the coming realignment

[Person Man]

Weren't we talking about in 2005 that social liberalism was dying because of  how rapidly right-wing mega churches were evolving and growing, as compared to other institutions, and how low fertility rates were in liberal areas?

Howard Dean talked how we needed the votes of  "more guys with confederate flags on their pick up trucks" in the aftermath of the 2004 election. In fact, we ran a lot of Democrats who would pass as Republican today in 2006. People like Heath Schuler were the "Religious Right Democrats" we needed to keep congress and people like Evan Bayh, who downplayed religious and cultural differences, were needed to win Presidential elections.

Something tells me we may be singing a similar tune by 2021 if 2014, 2016 and 2020 goes nuts up for us.