Republicans the next third party?

A new third party is emerging on America's political landscape!

They're called...the Republicans!

With any luck, they're going the way the Whigs went 150 years ago (i.e., gone altogether). Even the Democrats in the early 2000s weren't chastised by such resounding margins in 2 consecutive election cycles.

In fact, in San Francisco, the Republicans are already a third party. I mean that literally: The GOP's congressional candidate came in third place in the November 4 election, behind Cindy Sheehan's independent bid. (Despite this, CNN's website showed the totals for the Republican candidate but not for Sheehan.)

If the Democrats move too far to the right (they were already there when they confirmed Michael Mukasey), the Greens would likely be their main opposition. Either that, or the Democrats will split into 2 parties themselves - one for the right-wing DLC and Bush Dog Coalition, and the other for those who are what the Democrats should have been all along.

Meanwhile, the Republicans are now just a regional party: Their allegiance comes from the South, mountain West, and other states' suburbs. I don't think any major or medium-sized central city has more than minimal GOP support now, except in a few states.

(Source: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/0859.htm)