By all appearances this article was written and posted today, November 8, 2006.
So why does the article say, "The elections looming in November 2006 are shaping up to be disastrous for the GOP as the elections of 1994 were for the Democrats. Most GOP insiders seem unaware of the party's political peril. Some are resigned to a major defeat as the price we have to pay for a decade of consistent gains, which, they think, couldn't have gone on forever."
"Looming in November 2006"????" hmmmmm
Hugh precedes what you mentioned with the following: "The first two paragraphs of my book Painting the Map Red --published in March of this year, read:"
Read it again and you may figure it out.