Prometheus 6

For all the talk that Democrats have to be more than the anti-Republicans, the fact is the Republicans are no more than the anti-Democrats. The many factions of the party had only one thing in common: a profound discomfort with the changes progress and progressive policy compels.

It's like when a college uses race as one of, say, ten considerations in admission. Someone who scored close enough on the other nine can invoke the power of relativity and claim race was "the deciding factor." In much the same way, each faction now thinks of itself as the swing vote, and their disparate demands will tear the party apart

Conservative Crackup
How the neocons have developed a political exit strategy.
By Howard Fineman