Republicans continue to marginalize themselves with each passing day. The irony is that a huge number of the 47% that Romney referred to are poor white Americans mainly in the Midwest and South who traditionally vote Republican. Someday the penny may drop for them but I’m not so sure. The Republican party is now the party of stupid and has been since Bush 2 was elected. Whether they like it or not the country is moving to the center (it has always been right of center) and policies like tax breaks for the rich, a war on women’s rights, denying equal rights for gays, more military adventures, etc. are not going to get you elected in 2012.
The US econpmy is not too bad, the housing market has recovered somewhat, private sector hiring is steady (it is government layoffs that has kept unemployment high, another irony in that Republicans want to cut more government), and the stock market is bullish which has a big wealth effect. At this stage I see nothing other than an Obama landslide.