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Ever since Obama was elected and the GOP lost its majority in Congress, the media has been writing a lot of articles about the decline of the GOP and the rise of the Democrats. How do you feel about this? If you're a republican, how can you regain your prestige in the face of Sarah Palin-like incidents? If you're a democrat, how can you sustain this majority in government?

Some articles:

Bob Barr speaks about the trouble in the GOP is in
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/02/bob-barr-gop-in-‘very-deep-trouble’/

Blog of Meghan McCain, one of the few reasonable and progressive republicans
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-29/arlen-you-let-me-down/

Another Republican says the wrong thing
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-30/the-gops-worst-medicine/

There is an extremely worrisome trend in the Republican party that's getting worse and worse - they're pushing their moderates out. This is possibly one of the worst moves I can think of them ever doing. They are building up their strict conservative side, which wouldn't be a problem if they would stop calling the reasonable Republican "unpatriotic" or "softies" or whatever else they come up with. This country is going to start losing its bipartisanship if the Republican party doesn't step it up and get back in the game, and appealing to a small minority is not the way to win the hearts of the majority.
At the same time, it might be good to give the Repubs a break. I generally vote Republican but God, I would love to be able to vote for a Libertarian and have it go towards a promising chance at winning. If the Repubs decide to just push everyone away as they sulk in their little holes in the ground, then so be it - hopefully the Libertarian party will step up to the plate.

Radical conservatism is taking over the Republican party and they're getting increasingly more aggressive. Since it's clear America is moving the opposite way, they seriously need to get with the program. It'd probably be next to impossible to make a major party transition (in that another minor party takes over the role of the Republican party) but otherwise the Democrats are just going to keep winning.

Decline of the GOP? Yeah, it's happening right quick, what with them adopting a farther right stance than before. Whatever happened to the Progressive Party...?

Trust me, I do vote for them. But I also know it's an essentially obsolete vote, because it's next to impossible for a third party to gain office even if they did win. It's not just the people who keep America bipartisan. it's the entire system.
The point of voting for a third party is not in hopes they win but in hopes that their ideas are heard by the two major parties. The more votes they get, the more the major parties are inclined to listen to what they have to say.

The system was written by people who didn't want parties at all, so I somehow doubt that.

Very much agreed. I still love John McCain as a man and a politician, but it seriously felt like the GOP pressured him into being more conservative in his outward views, and that really sucks. Unfortunately I don't think it would have helped his chances against Barack Obama, simply because Obama was the powerhouse orator this time around. McCain might have gotten a few more votes from moderates and even levelheaded Democrats. Likely not enough to change anything, though.
That and ******** Sarah Palin. I like Palin as a person and maybe even as a politician in some instances but she should not have been standing alongside McCain.