Why the Republicans Must Lose

If they do lose, the GOP would be wise to regroup and rebuild from scratch, scrap the current leadership, and, most importantly, purge the party of the "national greatness," neoconservative influence. Big-government conservatism has bloated the federal government, bogged us down in what will ultimately be a trillion-dollar war, and set us down the road to European-style socialism. It's hard to think of how Obama could be worse. He'll just be bad in different ways.

As a former supporter of "conservative" Republicans, I found many of my sentiments expressed in this column by Radley Balko. There is hope, however, for our Republic has become a democracy and is in the final phase of the democracy cycle as described by Alexander Tytler:

"From bondage to spiritual faith;
from spiritual faith to great courage;
from courage to liberty;
from liberty to abundance;
from abundance to selfishness;
from selfishness to apathy;
from apathy to dependence;
from dependency back again into bondage."

Once the final stage is complete, and it nearly is, the stage will be set for a return to liberty.