'NYT Magazine' cover story preview: 'The END of Republican America'?

[DeepModem Mom]

Editor&Publisher: 'NYT' Sunday Preview: 'The End of Republican America'?
By Greg Mitchell
Published: March 28, 2008

NEW YORK The cover story of this coming Sunday’s New York Times magazine asks the provocative question: "The End of Republican America?" The photo below shows a red inflatable elephant – collapsed and leaking air.

"Karl Rove had a plan to realign American politics for generations. Now GOP leaders are struggling to prevent another 1964," reads the rest of the cover tag. The article was penned by Benjamin Wallace-Wells, who also writes for Rolling Stone.

Ken Mehlman, the former party chairman, says in the massive piece, "What is concerning is that we lost ground in every one of the highest -growth demographics" in 2006. "If there are Republicans out there who think that 2006 was a year that could be changed by a few votes in a few districts," he adds, "they need to wake up."

Much of the article examines the plight of Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who is in charge of turning around the GOP’s fortunes. But the article notes, "In their intimacy with the numbers, many Republican operatives now worry that crucial segments of the electorate are slipping away from them." For example, "Republicans had traditionally won the votes of independents; in 2006, they lost them by 18 percent….Suburban voters, long a Republican constituency, favored Democrats in 2006 for the first time since 1992."

Says longtime GOP candidate/consultant Rich Bond: "Tom was dealt an almost unwinnable hand."...

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And the writer also notes: "The perversity of Cole’s position is that the consummate party man has arrived at precisely the moment when the party is eroding beneath him. The problem is the money." The Democratic party has built an 8-1 advantage over the GOP's main apparatus. Comments House minority leader John Boehner on the party's fundraising: "It stinks."

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003781815

[stray cat]

we can only hope - but the dems circular firing squad doesn't give me confidence

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Let it be.

[niyad]

2. does one dare to hope?

[DJ13]

3. Im glad the GOP is too stupid to refute their pro-business ways

They wont revive their party until they do.

[niyad]

4. as capt jean-luc picard said, "make it so"

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

5. It's all those failed republican policies, Dems need to keep the

drum beat going 24/7 about them, never stop, then we will win.

[damntexdem]

6. Both Dem campaigns HAVE attacked McCain & GOP plans.

But the MSM largely ignores that and focuses on the in-fighting.

[DinahMoeHum]

7. "...another 1964..." ??? Another 1932 is more like it.

Republikans Suck Like A Hoover


:kick::kick::kick:

[Old and In the Way]

8. Imagine how it must be for John McCain

He's like the cabin boy who's summoned to the navigation deck of the Titanic. Bush/Cheney have lashed the wheel directly on course to hit the iceberg and are going out the door, saying "Here are the keys to the ship John, we're making you Captain...we have to leave the ship now, but enjoy the trip to New York!"