At this rate, Republicans won’t be in the WH for at least 12 more years.

[kpete]

The biggest Republican-leaning money machines are spending dramatically less to help the party ahead of the 2014 congressional elections.....

Perhaps it’s because Republicans can’t seem to get through a day without denigrating and alienating the American voter. Republican politicians are still insisting on painting themselves into a ever narrowing political point of view-- falling back upon familiar themes of internal divisiveness.

The Republican gamble was that by denying Obama any support, they would render his presidency wholly partisan at best, and a dysfunctional failure at worst. The Republican gamble failed. It failed for one reason:

The Republican extremist social agenda has been rejected as too far right. Among the most important is a factor Republicans seem to have never reckoned with — their party has never recovered the public’s trust.

All the Republicans have proved is how hopelessly out of touch they are with the economic realities of everyday Americans.

At this rate, Republicans won’t be in the WH for at least 12 more years.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/republican-groups-2014_n_4295271.html

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. The extreme quest for ideological purity has left Republicans

with a small extreme constituency that does not allow them to broaden their base and gain new supporters with even slightly less extreme views. Their loss is our gain, though some may not like accepting moderate and center right voters into the Democratic Party who do not support more liberal policies.

[WiffenPoof]

2. Maybe I'm Being...

...less optimistic. Over the past few years I find myself constantly amazed how much to the Right this country is (has become).

My concern is that this very small contingency has found a way to do things that none of us thought possible.

As much as we keep saying that Republicans are finished, I still remain uncertain.

Paige

[RKP5637]

3. If, the republican PTB were smart, they would dump their base of misfits in life and

start over again. There is no way in hell they are going to appease their insane base and appeal to "normal" people.

[al_liberal]

4. A statement like that is nothing more than wishful thinking.

We're up against anti-voting measures in several states, chicanery in several more, and the never ending media fusillade of how great the potential R candidates are.

Given all of the above, I'm thinking there is an about even chance that the next pres will be R.

[WiffenPoof]

5. Well...

...you said it better than I could.

Paige

[arcane1]

6. Let's hope their wealthy donors don't decide to start sending money to the dems.

[aznativ]

7. Well if things keep going the way they are

esp with the ACA- they are gonna walk right into the white house and the senate too...

things are getting ugly.................amd all we are worried about is zimmerman and his stupid antics.

[lonestarnot]

8. Greedy fuckers. I was rather enjoying them waste their dough.