More likely around 8-10 years down the road, the Republican party will have evolved. They need to dump the lunatics. Ron Paul is a popular Republican, but he doesn't conform with what the Republican party is doing right now. But in the long run, we will still have a lot of problems (we always do). And since the Democrats are in power, they will take most of the blame.This always happens in politics, the pendulum swings back and forth. A problem occurs, and the party in power takes the hit for it whether they are responsible or not. Often they are responsible because politicians are inefficient and often idiots. I have a feeling that 8 years down the road, a hot topic would be massively increasing taxes and/or inflation as the ~60 trillion needed for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and other social programs for the next 30 years start becoming a problem. Not really Obama's problem, as this has been building up for many decades, but he will get heat for it.Also, remember the majority of Americans voted for Bush after they had him for one term. People knew exactly what they were getting. But now they all pretend that they never voted for him. Opinions change fast in politics.