I think this quote from Tom Davis, who is not seeking re-election, is quite telling about where the Repugnant party really stands.
No more. The revolution is over, the thrill is gone and the Republican brand under President Bush has, in Davis’s view, been so tarnished that, as he likes to say, “if we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf.” These will be Davis’s last few weeks in Congress. He decided against re-election, disaffected by the partisanship, by a process he calls broken, by a party he considers hijacked by social conservatives. “We’re just not getting much done,” he said.
Tom Davis Gives UpThe Republicans are going to be completely out of power for the first time since the beginning of Clinton's first term. I hope we make better use of our consolidated power than we did under Clinton. But worry is for the future.
As a diehard democratic partisan, I'm tempted to just jump for joy and gloat. But I'll let my better angels speak instead. I wish them well during their coming decades wandering in the wilderness. Here's hoping that they find a new voice and vision, that can be a serious competitor once again for the allegiance of broad swaths of the American electorate. I mean, I don't really want to live in a one-party state -- even if it's my own party.
Indeed, fellow democrats, let's one and all wish the Republicans well during their decade or so lost in the wilderness.
