Hi James,

I think another important question is: How are the liberals and democrats going to change now?

I gain a lot of insight from Glenn Greenwald: "With last night's results, one can choose to see things two ways: (1) emboldened by their success and the obvious movement of the electorate in their direction, liberals will resolve that this time things will be different, that their willingness to be Good Partisan Soldiers depends upon their core values not being ignored and stomped on, or (2) inebriated with love and gratitude for Obama for having vanquished the evil Republican villains, they will follow their beloved superhero wherever he goes with even more loyalty than before."

Unfortunately, I think Republicans are going to become more extremists, more corrupt and more self-serving. Without self-knowledge and an understanding of American history, an understanding of their role within our history, and an understanding of their individual and collective impact on world hunger, world disease, world war, and the pillaging of the earth's resources, progress will continue to be stunted. The good news is that people, individual freedom-loving people organizing together-as done in the Civil Rights era, have always moved this country forward and they will again.

http://www.alternet.org/glenn-greenwald-right-crippled-now-lets-make-sure-dems-dont-sell-out-social-security-and-medicare?page=0%2C0

There is no question that the Republican party has had trouble dealing with the emergence of the tea party, and that neoconservatism in general has been creating a gap with moderate Americans for a while. With that being said, a lot of the hype in the American media that is seeking to hail the death of conservatism is probably overblown. But I am not surprised by this; the job of the media is to overblow things. The attached article is actually pretty sane and represents, from my perspective, a bit of reality.

I personally have my list of things that the Republican party does that drives me up a wall that I would like to see changed. But I don't think it's going to happen, sadly.

The idea of personal responsibility and small government is losing in the United States because, understandably, voters side with candidates who promise benefits. Using emotionally charged terms like Abortion, Marriage, Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party do nothing but distract from the overarching question: Is the United States a country that values a trickle down approach to government with Trillions in debt? Or do we value the idea of free people pursuing their ideas without the hindrance of Government getting in our way?

The people have spoken and it's clear that politics is no different than retail: Americans want free stuff.

I support our president and I love free stuff. What I find odd is that outside of the DOD, CIA and FBI, I struggle to name one government agency that provides a product or service that's better than what the private sector can deliver. I can't name one government agency that isn't Billions of Dollars in debt. And even more importantly, I can’t think of another country that is successful leading through government.

The republicans lost - We are ready for more taxes. We’re also ready for effective / efficient government and reduced spending.