Here is the truth that the Republican Party is faced with. The baby boomers failed to save enough money to fund their lifestyle into their later years. They are afraid they will lose their jobs in their 50's and 60's and do not have a personal safety net. Their homes are not worth what they thought they would be worth and the stock market is like rolling the dice in Vegas. No real investment options that are safe for the avg Joe right now with any real returns above inflation. The $80k avg they have saved buys less and less each year. Real Inflation ,not the govt index, made it impossible to maintain their standard of living. You saw this demonstrated in fla in the last election. Once staunch Reaganites were now afraid they would be at risk without govt safety nets voted out of fear . It seems that conservatives for the most part are only conservative when they are looking down their noses at someone below them. They know we are stuck in an economic cycle that does not favor them for at least the foreseeable future. It turns out the fiscal conservatives were not so conservative after all and they thought the gravy train would keep rolling forever. It is nothing that the libs are doing right but more what the pseudo conservatives did wrong.