Death of the Republican Party

Today we are at an interesting juncture of history. Not since the 1800s has this been truly seen. There is a distinct possibility that we are witnessing the dying days of the Republican Party and the waning days of strong conservatism.

Let me explain. In the early 1800s there were two political parties: the Republicans and the Federalists. The Federalists were the party of John Adams; the Republicans, Thomas Jefferson. Now, after a while, the Federalists became widely unpopular, the reason of which can probably be found in a textbook. Basically a lot of the decisions made by the Federalist party were very unpopular. This led to the Federalists losing in many of the elections and also led to many Federalists to change parties. In the end, the Federalists were so unpopular that they didn't even put up a presidential candidate.

Fast forward to today. John McCain got whipped in the election (seriously, not even 4 hours into the polls being closed, Obama had it wrapped up), incumbent Republicans across the country lost their seats in congress, and now Republicans over the country are asking themselves if they want to change parties. What led to the downfall of the Federalists is happening to the Republican party (being horribly unpopular and making wildly terrible decisions, not trying to secede from the Union, though judging from the amount of people wanting to move from the US it might have been discussed...).


Au revoir Repubican party. It was never nice knowing you.