The Republicans are collapsing worse than I've ever seen before. [View All]

[TheWraith]

Nothing, not even the run up to 2006, matches the level of disaster they're facing, and the degree of panic and resignation that the Republicans are exhibiting.

They just tried a preview of their general election strategy, the classic smear and fear, in the MS 1st Congressional District, and they got handed their heads, seeing a district that went for Bush by 25 points in 2004 go to a Democrat by 8.

Now, in apparent desperation, their congressional strategy document has come out with not a single mention of abortion, gay marriage, flag burning, or any of their other traditional base issues, in an attempt to play to moderates.

The thing they forget is that the moderates are moderate for a reason, and have already been turned off by the Bush/McCain policies. Meanwhile, they're trying to still energize the base with things like the "appeasement" comments, Hagee, et al.

So at best, they come off as disingenuous, and at worst they alienate both the base, who wants to be pandered to, and the moderates, who don't like the tone.

All this while they're facing a full scale insurrection from current and newly converted Democratic voters, a candidate with major coat-tails, unprecedented voter registration and fundraising, and a country eager for a change.

Folks, I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction. This election is not going to be close. It's not even going to be close to close. I forsee electoral disaster for Republicans of every stripe, at every level of government, all across the country. 2006 may have just been the first chapter. I believe we're going to see a popular uprising that's going to turn the old Republican party and the old politics into a shattered husk for decades to come.