We're all familiar with political spin, but there's spin and then there's outright delusion. Here's what Lindsey Graham (R-NC SC) had to say a short time ago on (what else) Fox News:
GRAHAM: And I know this; our party's politics is closer to America ideologically than President Obama, but he's connected with young people. We lost ground with the Hispanics, we got to repair the damage there.
Do you really want to go there, Lindsey? Currently, the President is viewed favorably by 70% of the country, versus the Republican Party's pitiful 22% favorability rating, and that isn't just among young people. Graham must just be looking at polling from the rump. And yes, by all means, repair the damage with Hispanics by embracing real immigration reform. Then say adios to what's left of your meager base.
It gets better:
Q: How confident are you in the leadership at the RNC right now to do that?
GRAHAM: Well, I think Michael Steele ran a competitive race here in New York. We lost by 200 votes, a seat that we lost by 10 points. Things are moving our way, but if Michael, you're listening? Talk to Tom Ridge. I am confident that we're well-positioned if we get good candidates to come roaring back because the Obama agenda is not what people really expected.
Yes, things are moving their way because they lost an election in a Republican district. All they need is a bloodbath of a primary between Pat Toomey and Tom Ridge to further split the wingnuttia from the really wingnuttia and they'll be roaring.
Because after all, people didn't expect the Obama agenda. You know, the one that he articulated throughout the course of the campaign. The one that they attacked as socialist and radical. The one that got him elected in a landslide. Yeah, that one. Clearly, Americans preferred the GOP agenda in 2008...only a person with a fully functioning brain couldn't see that.
Watch it: