Evolution Moving at Fast Pace for Republicans?

Seattle Jew: Grand Old Party Is Threatened with Extinction

David S. Broder - Reports of the GOP's Death . . . - washingtonpost.com: "A New York Times-CBS News poll that included 698 self-identified Republicans found that 40 percent of them thought the Democrats were likely to win the presidency in 2008, while only 12 percent of Democrats said they believed a Republican would win. That finding is hardly a surprise. A great many Democrats I know still have trouble admitting that their candidates lost to George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. They are still mentally counting votes in Florida and Ohio that they are convinced were overlooked. The Times, not normally solicitous of Republicans' feelings, also reported widespread concern among those it interviewed 'that their party had drifted from the principles of Ronald Reagan, its most popular figure of the past 50 years.'"

WISH TV 8: Indianapolis News and Weather - 6 Republicans Not Running for Re-election to City-County Council: "Email Print Text Size 6 Republicans Not Running for Re-election to City-County Council By Anthony Ponce News 8 @ 6:00 INDIANAPOLIS - As of Monday afternoon, the field is set for this year's City-County Council races and almost half the Republicans who now sit on the council are not running for another term. Currently, the Democrats have just a one seat majority on the council. Now, with six Republicans deciding not to run, Democrats say that majority could increase significantly."

Poll finds GOP in worse shape than ever - David Paul Kuhn - Politico.com: "One year before voters go to the polls to select the next president, the Republican Party is as weak as it has been in a generation, a detailed new poll from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press suggests. Only 36 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say the GOP “does an excellent or good job” of “standing up for traditional GOP positions” on issues like reducing the size of government, cutting taxes and promoting conservative social issues. That’s a decline of 25 points since July 2004. In fact, it’s the lowest Republican rating for the GOP since Pew began tracking the issue in 2000. And while the Democratic Party had only a slight lead in July 2004 as the party “better able to manage the federal government” and as the party that is “more honest and ethical,” today Democrats lead both categories by double-digit margins. By even larger margins, Democrats are seen as the party “more concerned about people like me” (by 29 points) and the party best able to bring about “needed change” (by 22 points)."

Requiem in Pace: GOP not Alone