I don't think it will take long. Obama and Pelosi are giving them all the ammo they need to make a comeback as soon as next year. But the current strategy is crap and has to go.
One interesting thing. I read this article a few days ago from the Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0310/p09s01-coop.html They are suggesting that the evangelical movement is going to collapse in the very near future, which would leave a vacuum in the Republican Party for new leadership. Tying the party to evangelical issues as a litmus test is a disaster, and that process needs to be undone. Michael Steele is expressing basically that viewpoint, and the Evangelicals are excoriating him for it. And let's be clear, he is a conservative guy and actually agrees in principle on issues like abortion, but he basically said the party needs to be more tolerant of opposing viewpoints and more tolerant in general of individual rights in areas where reasonable people differ. I hope he manages to make some progress. On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Gruss wrote: > > Great column by Brooks laying out exactly what the Republicans should > be doing (instead of what they are). > > I totally agree with him, but it's not going to happen for simple reasons: > > Their talent bench is empty, their culture is destroyed, and none of > their fall-back ideas work right now: > > - tax cuts and spending freezes are ineffective during a depression > - Americans can't afford to worry about gay marriage right now. > > Many people have pointed out that it took the Republicans 40 years to > recover from Hoover; you gotta wonder if it'll be longer this time. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291879 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
