Donkephant

There’s been an amazing amount of focus on the race to fill Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat in the U.S. Senate. As I type this, the polls are open and everyone is reporting a large turnout of voters.
Part of the reason for both of those things is what hangs in the balance. [...]

In the grand political spectrum, we have the Democrat party (Liberals) at the left and the Republican party (Conservatives) at the right. In between, and at the extremes, we have parties like the Socialist party, the Constitutional party, the Libertarian party, and even a few fantastical parties like the Ninja party and the Pirate [...]

In his acceptance speech, Obama mentioned twice President Lincoln.  And mentioned also, the Republican party.  It brought the following question to mind:
Based on the current party situation wherein the Republican party is becoming more liberal, is the mention of Lincoln and the Republican party the beginning of an eminent merging of the Democrat and Republican [...]