Republican Implosion

If things go the way that I suspect they will over the next few years, the Republican party will cease to be a significant factor in politics. Actually, I don't think that would be a good thing, check and balances are needed and without them "absolute power corrupts absolutely".

In any event, as the Republican party implodes into a cultural issues/conservative base blackhole I'll still be enjoying my schadenfreude.

From Talkingpointsmemo...

A new Rasmussen poll further demonstrates that the GOP could be in for a long stretch in the wilderness: A majority of GOP voters now say that the party should be more like Sarah Palin.

The numbers: 55% of Republicans say the party should be like Palin, compared to 24% who say they should be like John McCain.

As I've previously noted, poll data like this could indicate that the Republican Party is getting ready to relive the classic cycle of ruling parties who get turned out of power in a landslide: With the party base itself shrunk down, the people who are still around are the most hard-line members, and are really the least fit people to fix the situation.