Yes, I realize that sounds extremely cocky of me to say, but considering how Olds are dying off and thus social conservatism it may be the only way out. With lack of social issues to defend, the right in this county will be further forced to stand consistent on issues of fiscal conservatism, or die.
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is very presumptuous. Even assuming present trends hold true forever there is much more to social conservatism than just abortion, gays, creationism or just promoting evangelical christianity in general. Case in point, do you think that most people would call someone like Lou Dobbs (well, at least his show persona obviously the guy is a phony..) a "social liberal/progressive" or "left leaning"?
Since when were policies like the Bush Tax Cuts, opposition to a public option, cutting entitlements, etc. ever popular with the majority? Never, if anything they keep getting more unpopular. There have been some aspects of fiscal conservatism that have appealed to people like opposition to the bail outs but those were motivated for different reasons. Face it, "small government" of the kind that you want is an extremely tough sell in and of itself. It needs to be packaged with appeals to resentment or bundled with values the average person finds appealing like nationalism, law and order, "traditional values," or JESUS to be remotely viable in a democracy. Why do you think it is that your side is constantly losing?
This does not at all follow for reasons I already outlined.
