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But don't forget the Democrats. Whereas it is true that in a recent Rasmussen poll, thirty-nine percent of the Democrats identify themselves as Socialist; the remaining sixty-one percent prefer a Free Market system. However, over eighty percent of the Democrat office holders support these moves toward Socialism. When George McGovern ran against Richard Nixon, he transformed the Democrat Party to a party dominated by liberals although the majority of Democrats at that time were moderates or conservatives. This opened the way for Republicans. Now, Obama has done the same in moving the Democrat Party to Socialism even though most of the Party is made up of liberals or moderates. This has left a large number of Democrats without a Party once again. This time it is unlikely that the Republicans will moderate their views just to attract these Democrats. Socialism in the United States is not new. It is something that has been part of our society for a long time. It was just hidden with the poor and the working class. Remember we have given free housing in nice neighborhoods, free utilities, free healthcare, free food, and free transportation to these groups for a long time under both Democrats and Republicans.

What will potentially happen is that the Democrats will attempt to make their Socialist views (preferred by twenty percent of all Americans) more appealing to the masses through various federal government programs such as heath care, nationalizing corporations through joint government/private ownership, more handouts of free housing, utilities, and food by expanding the number of people who qualify, and increasing government funding of ACORN, Planned Parenthood, MoveOn.org, and other groups (directly or indirectly). The Republicans will largely move more towards free market programs that have more regulation than before in order to give the impression of more protections for the public. The public is likely to rebel against Socialism and keep a wary eye towards the Free Market regulations.

Additionally, with the move by many states to reassert their rights under the Tenth Amendment, you may begin to see many states become emboldened to tell the Federal Government to pull back or else risk a mass exodus. This is a message that all politicians in all states would be wise to listen to very carefully.

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Bill Burch is the Chairman of Grass Roots Institute of Texas (GRIT), past candidate for Texas State representative (HD93), past public director of the State Bar of Texas, president Of International Mercantile Incorporated and author of Merlin The Sorcerer

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Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.

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