our political parties

Both of the U.S. political parties are in a pseudo-state of transformation, but it seems that the Republicans are more intent on doing so than the Democrats (or the former are more aggressive in their pursuit of change due to the recent border legislation proposal and the growing budget deficit). However, neither Party has embraced a substantive change in its views.

The Republicans seek to return to long-established positions on major issues such as defense, taxation, and the economy, and the Democrats insist on a mere label change: being called "Progressives" instead of "Liberals" or "Democrats", all the while adhering to traditional Democrat Party positions. It is amusing that such positions are always given with a healthy dose of lingering disgust/contempt/hate for President Bush and his election 7 years ago, but such rhetoric is neither healthy for the Democrat Party or political discourse in general.

So where are we and will meaningful change result? With not one vote having been cast, its simply too early to tell. In the meantime, does anyone care to venture a guess?