I find it sort of amusing, as if the Republican Party was not in thrall to it's most out on the lunatic fringe base, this MIGHT be a time to be making some moves into getting the mushy middle back.

But, when your defacto party leader is Sarah Palin, your most pressing issue is being driven by your leading constitutional scholar Orly Taitz, you still think your battle plan for the mid nineties is operational (the big bad liberal media is ruining our glorious American Conservative Christian Heritage) and your telegenic image is a bunch of cranky old Rich Southern White Guys insulting THE MOST QUALIFIED SCOTUS candidate in 75 years who has the misfortune of not being white....  

It's no wonder Vognivitch and the last of the moderate GOP's is retiring.

Anyone see the picture of Bobby Jindal, Stimulus Denyer, with the BIG Government Check he was handing out?

The Daily show counts it's blessings on an hourly basis.

Even thought the lobbyists are now targetting democrats on healthcare reform, the GOP virulent opposition to what will be such a wide and well received program - could potentially end the party.

The Dems have to keep their noses clean, thats all. The GOP will take the money because they have already drawn a line in the sand and the lobbyist money likes them where they are.

I see the political calculus to shape up to be a repeat of the demise of the whigs  = where in their case it was slavery = in this case, for the GOP , it will be lobbyism.

These polling numbers are still too high for the complete destruction of an entire political party, but they're heading in the right direction.

:)

.... and this is the reason the Senate Democrats are caving to the Republicans on health care?