On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:32:49 -0500, I am Tosk wrote:


The results are phenomenal. Remember, the dems who are saying "the
pendulum swings, this is normal", less than a year ago were saying the
Republican party was dead, "and might not come back for decades". Looks
like Pelosi and Reid ruined things for President Obama. To bad really,
it will be a shame for the first Black President to go down in history
as another failure like Jimi Carter... Ugh, who I voted for

Scotty

Personally, I think the Republican Party is still dead in the water.
There is considerable anger at the Democrats ineffectual administration,
but you make a big mistake if you think that translates to happiness with
Republicans. It doesn't. Take a look at Scott Brown. He should be a
new model for the Republican Party. A man who is fiscally conservative,
with a social conscience, but he won't be.

Instead, the Republican Party will cater to it's fundamentalist Christian
base, with a few racist fossils like Herring thrown in. Just look at the
numbers, 20 to 25% of the population doesn't make a national party. It's
a shrinking and dying demographic. Unless Republicans become more
inclusive, their ideas will not be heard. They will continue to wither
away.