I don't think their views on gay marriage will change when they're in their 40's. I just think that people currently in their 40's have different views today because they grew up in a different era.
Just like my parents used the N word on a regular basis even though they really didn't dislike people of that race. It's just the era they grew up in.
I agree with you about the republicans. Their biggest problem is that they didn't stick to their principles when they were in power.
The congress gave Dubya everything he wanted, and Dubya never vetoed any of the pork and other waste that congress wanted to bring home to keep getting re-elected....so now, when they talk about smaller government and fiscal discipline, they look like idiots.
Sadly, the only thing they can really hope for, is that the economy continues to get worse so that they can make gains in 2010.
Otherwise, they're pretty much in the wilderness until 2014 or so.
In the meantime, I can only hope that people like Cantor keep doing stupid shit like comparing Obama to Putin, and that people like Rush Limbaugh continue to be the face of the republican party. If this keeps up the Dems will be looking at 62-65 Senate seats in 2010.
Then it's look out Sweden here we come.
