A new political alignment is now emerging that will completely reform the national political landscape. Here is how it is playing out. Historically, Republicans have supported the virtues of free enterprise and leaned toward protecting business from intervention while promoting traditional values. Democrats have traditionally championed the needs of workers through government programs while leading on securing and protecting civil rights. In nationwide elections this tends to give the Democrats a slight edge of about 55% to 45% with independents and other swing voters deciding the contest. In the last six months a sea change has occurred. We as a nation have come to understand just how much of our personal liberty has be eroded by the Citizens United ruling, the passage of the NDAA, and the introduction of SOPA/PIPA. We have also been shocked by the inability of the political system to operate for the good of the country during this time of deep economic crisis.

Libertarians are saying I told you so.

This realization has affected people with different political leanings in a variety of ways. Libertarians are saying. “I told you so” as we wake up to a Constitutional crisis that threatens the foundation of our democracy. Ordinary, everyday Republicans are increasingly disappointed by as they learn that the Tea Party movement was bankrolled, developed and groomed by billionaire neo-conservatives. The conservative center of the Republican Party that has traditionally focused on economic liberties is now divided. Among economic conservatives – those that favor balanced budgets, minimal business regulation, and entrepreneurial opportunity – the realization has been building that the corporatization of American democracy threatens not only civil liberties but also economic opportunities for main street, small business and start-ups, the true jobs creators.

Two-party dysfunction rules.

With the complicity of many Democrats, the more cynical neo-con end of the Republican Party now services the power structure of the new aristocracy and defends this privileged group with a worn-out rhetoric of opportunity.This branch has hijacked the religious right with empty references to wedge issues. Increasingly, main street Republicans see that this corporatist, aristocratic elite shares more loyalty with global investors than it does with individuals and small businesses – the fabric of American democracy. The dysfunctional collapse of the House of Representatives has brought home a simple understanding for the Democrats and for the nation. No progress is possible on the great issues of our time until personal liberty is guaranteed and the eroded foundation of American democracy has been restored.

Defending the Constitution is bringing us together.

Mainstream Democrats and Republicans are discovering that they must join forces to fight against the fundamental threat to freedom resulting from the neo-con attack on the United States Constitution. The neo-con agenda has polarized the nation and broken apart the stable tectonic plates of a population evenly split and in respectful dialogue.

As alarm grows about the neo-con attack on the Constitution, a new coalition is taking shape. There is a nostalgia for a time when American politics operated as a spirited but friendly competition to provide solutions for ordinary Americans. Democrats and traditional Republicans are now realizing that they must join together protect their collective interest in free speech, constructive problem-solving and the ability to compete on a level playing field with the multinational corporations. Their sober wake-up call is as simple as this: economic freedom is not possible without personal freedom.

What is happening now is complete realignment of the political landscape. Democrats have put big government on hold and have returned to their heritage of fighting for civil liberties. Traditional conservatives, main street businesses, and entrepreneurs are increasingly convinced that the neo-cons are will not deliver economic liberty for them, just for the oligarchs and plutocrats.

The battle for the soul of the American republic has begun.

Effectively a truce has been called as the 99% comes together to shut down the 1% and their neo-con minions in the next election. As this opposition builds, these aristocrats, plutocrats and oligarchs have just two options, one absurd and the other savagely divisive. The first unlikely option is to provoke social unrest as an excuse for imposing martial law. The second strategy is inevitable and has been greatly assisted by the Citizen United ruling. American-based multinational corporations, with the 1% sitting on their boards, are poised to spend whatever sums of money are necessary to disrupt the elections of 2012 and solidify their takeover. The manipulation of the Republican primaries by SuperPACs funded by millionaires and billionaires is just a taste of what is to come. We all sense that this is the final battle for the soul of the American Republic. The 99% are the people. The 1% has the money. The future of a noble 200-year experiment hangs in the balance.