The way it stands now, we Republicans are on track to get the thumping of a lifetime. We are about to get spanked, and spanked hard. I realized that the other day when I saw this bumper sticker: “Is it 2008 yet?” The point was clear. Democrats are eager for 2008 to come; Republicans are living in fear of its arrival. Because our party is on the rocks. George W. Bush and several years of a GOP congressional majority have just about killed it. And the horizon looks dark and foreboding. Let’s look at the two parties’ presidential prospects. The...
