Talk politics

Are the Republicans doomed?  Are the Democrats cracking up?  Are any potential presidential candidates from either party emerging who are in any way attractive?  Are libertarians the up-and-coming political consensus, finally bringing our polarized country together around issues such as civil liberties, free markets,  and peace?  Or is there some other way out of our current political malaise?  Or is our current political malaise a good thing?  You tell me.