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Some good stuff in the linked column
...Which points to another, often ignored, GOP weakness: Republicans tend to be more competitive in off-year elections, when voter turnout is far lower than in presidential years and the electorate is therefore older, whiter and more Republican. It is possible for the GOP to do well in 2014, especially because so many vulnerable Democratic Senators in GOP-leaning states face re-election. But like the Republican off-year successes of 2010, a few non-presidential-year victories, while welcome, would also provide the GOP with a highly misleading dead-cat bounce. The electorate in 2016 will look much like the electorate this year, albeit even more Hispanic and more challenging for the GOP. And the overall demographic trends that are burying the current Republican coalition will only become stronger with time.
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/28/can-this-party-be-saved/#ixzz2DcfS5gZt
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/28/can-this-party-be-saved/#ixzz2DcfS5gZt