Republicans Are Starting to Get Wind of Change.

They're running like frightened rats.

This bit from the piece is particularly droll:

Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, did not go as far as his predecessor, Mr. Davis, in advising members to step away from Mr. Bush. But Mr. Cole, facing growing restiveness among Republicans about the party leadership, acknowledged the tumult in his party’s ranks and suggested that his committee would look for a change in strategy.

“When you lose three of these in a row you have to get beyond campaign tactics and take a hard look and ask if there is something wrong with your product,” he said.

Gosh, Tom, you must really be stumped.  What could POSSIBLY be wrong with the current Republican product?  (Other than EVERYTHING.)

A second cull-worthy quote is this:

“There’s no question that the results in these special elections portend ominously for House Republicans, but they will have little impact on the presidential election campaign,” said Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser to Mr. McCain.

I don't know about you, but I'm thinking old Steve-o has somehow missed the larger picture.  No.  Literally.  He's missing the fact that Democrats have turned out in record numbers to vote.  In a PRIMARY.  The droves that will show up in November?  Are gonna make the primaries look like - well, primaries.

The Republicans need to prepare themselves for nothing less than a bloodbath.

I'm not terribly unhappy about that.

p.s. I guess, given the news of the pending Republican implosion, their statement on refusing to pass troop funding is "let's make hay before the sun slips completely below the horizon."

Comments

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Paging Dr. Schaden Freude, line 1! :)

Maybe the GOP will split in half, and the libertarians will go in one corner, and the religious fundies in another corner. Republicans have a lot to explain, because they've had the WH and congress for what feels like forever.