[shortstop]

Of course you guys will pick apart some of his statements, however the general concept is correct. My take is: two words-Fred Thompson.

[Brilliant]

If the Dems win both houses of Congress and the White House, then we are headed for a one-party system.

[oblomov]

My take is one word: s***ssion.

[NYC Republican]

I hate to sound doom and gloom, but I've felt that way for a long time.

[redgolum]

In many ways, the GOP is already doomed. The leadership has decided it must move far to the left to win, which in the end will insure a loss.

[SampleMan]

The Democrats have two excellent candidates.

Two single term Senators with no real experience. The fact that the MSM fawns all over the DNC front runners shouldn't be confused with their being "excellent candidates".

As for the "Is it 2008 yet?" bumper sticker, if he could peel it off the pink VW bus he saw it on, he would find a "Is it 2004 yet?" sticker, and below that a "2000" and so on.

I concur that the GOP needs to slap its RINOs and get on with winning this war (against liberals and islamofascists), but the tone of this article is going to frighten the women.

[P-40]

Because our party is on the rocks.

The Party is fine. It is some of the people we elected that are the problem.

[irishtenor]

I'll have whatever he's drinking, bartender.

I doubt the veracity of anyone who claims Hillary is "Electric". The supposition that only McCain and Rudy are viable candidates is preposterous.

Fred is going to win, if he runs. Hunter and Huckabee are also contenders way above Rudy and Johnny.

Could you imaging a free form debate between Hillary and Fred? I want front row tickets to that!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

And just think, back in 2002, we all thought that the Win of both houses and President Bush winning, that the Democratic party was doomed.

[RabidBartender]

No.

You will vote Rudy.

Or we all die.

That is all.

[TonyInOhio]

Why doesn't this guy just swallow the Kool-Aid and get it over with?

[Ol' Sparky]

There is no real reason, other than fear of Hillary, that even comes close to uniting Republicans.

The only thing that will unify the GOP is a return the principles of Reagan and a platform and candidates that espouse it.

Rudy Giuliani will return Republicans to the era of Nixon and set back the for a decade.

[stm]

Amen Brother Shortstop!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

I have to say, drafting Fred Thompson and him getting the nomination and winning the general election will be the thing that get's the Republican Party out of it's current nose dive.
I can see a whole lot of wide appeal enthusiasm support if Fred runs, and I don't care what the Rudy bots have to say.

[Fierce Allegiance]

WILL 2008 MEAN DOOM FOR REPUBLICANS?

Certainly, if Giuliani is the republican candidate.

[Williams]

I don't usually buy into doom and gloom from a "big picture" perspective. But I've warned about this for years. The GOP lost the ability to confront the dems about their leftward lurch. The dems became more and more leftist. The American people were not properly warned.

Now the dems are revealing their extremism, and Bush is doing nothing to alert the American people. He is not fighting.

I think there is a 50-50 chance that the republican party will implode and have to be replaced. And those are very high odds for such an extreme event. The US risks an enormous move to the left until a new conservative party can become a viable force.

Keep in mind that if the GOP crumbles, there are a lot of liberal republicans in Congress who will in effect turn a large chunk of the country over to the democrats.

[Tallguy]

There is no real reason, other than fear of Hillary, that even comes close to uniting Republicans.

That will be enough. It strikes me that the Bush & Clinton 'dynasties' really depend on eachother politically. They play off eachother.

Unless the Democrats manage to avoid annointing Hillary, the Republican base will come out to vote.

[restornu]

Ye of little faith!

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The Republicans haven't learned how to survive in the mad vicious cutthroat world of politics. Republicans don't defend themselves. Republicans don't go on the attack. Seems to me Republicans have lost the will to fight and to survive.
Granted that it's a difficult battle, with the media completely aligned on the side of the dems, still I'd like to see Repubs nominate someone with courage and passion, like Alan Keyes.

[alicewonders]

I'm extremely unhappy with the direction the Republican party is taking. I know from my perspective - it's because it is moving away from conservative principles. As long as they do this, they will not win again.

[YOUGOTIT]

If as you say the Democrats and al-Qaeda supporters win the election in 2008 then you will not have to worry about an election in 2010 as we will at that time be under Sharia Law and in a new government.