Maybe it's hard for some to believe there's still political conservatives in this country?
There are, but the "moral majority" or "silent majority" or whatever you want to call it is quickly becoming a minority.
The conservative political movement in the US, as it is and has been, is done. Finished. Washed up. Kaput. All you have to do is look at the diverse group of people showed up for the Obama rally last night, and compare it with the McCain crowd, which looked to me to be 99% white, and you'll see the handwriting on the wall.
Moving forward it will become increasingly difficult to be elected to higher office in the US without having support from the African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and increasingly large group of post-Baby Boom voters, white or otherwise. My parents' generation - the ultra-conservative Perry Como set - is dying off rapidly. And the numbers of the Boomers are being equalized by the generations that have come afterward.
The Republican party will need to seriously reinvent itself to remain relevant in the coming years. But it will be virtually impossible, IMHO, for the Republicans to become inclusive while simultaneously catering to the moral demands of fundamentalist Christians and Southern middle-class whites.
All that being said, as seen in this election an increasing number of people may choose to vote across party lines and decide their support based more upon the individual than specific issues. What good is it if your president shares your views on abortion but {censored}s up the planet as a whole while in office?
The Republicans have four years to find an energetic, charismatic, centrist candidate to run against Obama in four years. And most certainly that person cannot, and will not be Sarah Palin.