This party's over

[malaise]

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090503_The_American_Debate__This_party_s_over__Specter_s_departure_is_one_more_sign_of_the_GOP_s_slide_into_immoderation_and_irrelevance_.html
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Let us briefly sift the ashes. The party right now has no coherent message, aside from "Do Not Offend Rush Limbaugh." Its messengers are basically conservatives who speak to the choir. It has virtually zilch appeal beyond its base, as evidenced by the '08 election and every subsequent poll; the party is alienating suburbanites, independents, Latinos (the fastest-growing cohort in the electorate), and people under age 30 (the voters who will dominate for the next half century).

A respected nonpartisan group, the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, summed it up perfectly in a winter report: "The GOP is out of contention in New England and the West. It is getting out of contention in the Mid-Atlantic states and the industrial Midwest. Its bases of former support in the farm Midwest, mountain states, and the South are eroding.

"The only places where the GOP enjoys a durable advantage are Idaho, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas. And with the growth of the Latino population, Texas will likely be at least a toss-up state within the next decade." (Actually, pollsters report that 48 percent of Texas Republicans are so angry with President Obama that they want their state to secede from the union. Isn't that unpatriotic? Whatever happened to "My country, right or wrong"?)

Anyway, the GOP's "durable advantage" has been reduced to 10 red states. Two new national polls report that only 20 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, the lowest figure in decades. The holdouts - nationally, and, as Specter discovered, in Pennsylvania - tend to be those who will tolerate no detours from conservative orthodoxy, nor tolerate kind words for Obama.

Specter has left behind a narrowcasted party that would rather marinate in its anger and paranoia than win elections in states outside the heartland and the Old Confederacy. How else to explain the burgeoning popularity of Glenn Beck, the Fox News host, who has been warning of a fascist plot hatched by Democrats? (I'm not kidding. Beck says there's a fascist symbol on the back of the dime in your pocket - a bundle of rods with an axe - and points out that a Democratic president, Woodrow Wilson, approved that artwork in 1916.)
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Specter is between a rock and a hard place and I'm lovin' it.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

1. Unfortunately, there are still the 30 %ers still out there

proudly wallowing in their stupidity and hate.

[malaise]

2. Isn't it 21% now

:rofl: The 10 state Rushicans - I'm lovin' it.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. One out every five Americans today

identifies him/herself as a Republican.

In my country, that's a solid 20%...................

[quiller4]

3. Texas turning purple if not blue

What remains of the Republican Party in Texas is moving farther and farther to the right fringe but the number of Independents and Democrats in the state is growing. Growth of the Latino population is only one factor. I've seen several articles that predict Texas will be the biggest swing state in 2012.

[malaise]

5. That's great news n/t

[FightingIrish]

4. My three year old grandson is learning his dinosaurs

I have convinced him that one is called a Republican. I'll bet that gets a laugh at pre-school.

[malaise]

6. He should call it

Elephantsaurus :D

[merh]

10. They call it the goposaur

Source:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5564214

[merh]

11. goposaur

[lpbk2713]

8. I can hear Dandy Don Meredith singing their new theme song now.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lint Head]

9. The Party's Over

The party's over
It's time to call it a day
They've burst your campaign balloon
And taken the moon away
It's time to wind up the masquerade
Just make your mind up the piper must be paid

The party's over
The candles flicker and dim
You danced and dreamed through the night
Thought that Limbaugh was right and believing him
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend

The party's over
It's time to call it a day
They’ve burst your campaign balloon and taken the moon away
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend

It's all over, my friend

:dem:

[Sebass1271]

12. in this article in the comments section repubs are mentioning

generic ballot voting.. meaning reamussen and gallop are conducting internal congressional polling where people are saying they will vote for a repub in the congressional races in 2010. could this be true? how can ppl be so stupid and make this mistake again?

Have you guys heard about this polling???