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Two things tell me the RNC begs for more Fail:
1. Just heard RNC Chair Mike Duncan on NPR's Morning Edition. Time and time again when Steve Inskeep asked* Duncan about whether the Republican Party was willing to reevaluate its positions on this or that issue (e.g., the way it screeches "Lower Taxes!" in response to virtually every issue, no matter how irrelevant "Lower Taxes!" might be to solving that particular issues/challenge; or how it continues to embrace/punk/be punk'd by the Religious Right), Duncan responded saying some variation on "our core philosophies are sound" or "we're a Big Tent" -- basically, non-answer answers. Dodging and perioutting and blaming the RNC's "failure to get it's message out" or "the public's (mis)perception" of what the Republican Party's all about, rather than indicating that any real soul-searching was going on within the RNC Leadership.
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*Usually a pretty good first question, little-to-no ability to ask, or effectively ask and press, a follow-up. Inskeep should take a lesson or three from Jon Stewart.
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2. The other indication that the RNC is going to continue to ignore its own implosion are the variations on concern trolling and "gotcha" politics in trying to tie Barack Obama to the Rod Blagojevich scandal. Republicans just don't get that this is not their Golden Ticket to "take down" Barack Obama before he even gets sworn-in on January 20, but they're sure acting like it is. It's their way. It's what they do. It's the only real political tactic they know: sliming an opponent. Thing is, with most American's (I've seen two different polls with Obama at over a 70% approval rating) liking the President-Elect, the Republican Party is simply working overtime to further alienate itself from the public. Heckofajob, Republicans.
Add to that that the Republicans are all doing strutting, Endzone Dances -- the likes of which would shame a Florida player -- because they won a Senate seat in . . . in . . . (wait for it) . . . Georgia. Rolls eyes. "Yeh! In your face, DemocRATS!"
They're not going to change. They don't want to. They don't know how to. I wish they would, and give the American people a real non-crazy person alternative to the Democratic Party. Republicans tend to have a tenacity and resoluteness in promoting or fighting for their issue that way, way, too many jelly-spined Democrats don't. Unfortunately, their positions (whether it's promoting anti-science, or war as the answer for everything, or gay-bashing, etc.) are just on the wrong side of history, over and over again.
I invite any additions to this or criticisms in my take on this.
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