Looking Beyond 2006

Jacob Weisberg of Slate is the most informed person, it seems. He says about the recent elections:

The conservative era in American politics, which has coincided with my
entire adult lifetime, came to an end two weeks ago.

Amazing that he can come to such a conclusion and the Democrats haven't even formally taken power yet. And he goes on to say:

So, if I'm correct that the conservative era is kaput, what comes next? No
one knows! But perhaps we can speculate about some of the candidates for
successor. Here are four possibilities, moving from left to right.

The four possibilities: A New Progressivism, Clintonism Continued, The Muddled Middle and Bushism Without Bush.

I think either an era of Clintonism Continued or Bushism Without Bush remains the most likely ones of the four mentioned in the article. And I think a Clintonism Continued would be my guess for how the American public shapes the scope of the political landscape in years to come -- particularly in 2008.