Fade to Black

If the Republican party wishes to follow the path of the dodo, they should embrace and follow the Chris Shay's model. Ronald Wilson Reagan had no cult of personality like our recently elected leader. He had a better idea and was able to articulate it. Reagan Democrats did not follow Reagan to the middle but saw the common sense manifested in the smaller, less intrusive government and lower taxes of the right. Abandoning core conservative values (opening borders, raising taxes after "read my lips" pledges) has served the GOP well. If they don't see the error in their ways, they will force the rise of a third, conservative party.

Building the Wall

From the Gingrich Contract with America in 1994 to the Democratic takeover in 2006, the pundits ruminated on what it would take for Dems to retake Congress. For Republicans, this task may be insurmountable. Incumbency carries its own cache with better name recognition in most cases, ease at raising funds, better access to local media in Congressional districts, and more support from the national party. The Democrats are sure to erect more structural and institutional barriers and those that already exist such as McCain-Feingold favor incumbents because of the aforementioned reasons. Also the firewall of rampant cheating by organizations such as ACORN will entrench Democratic power. Much inside baseball is going on, such as whether Boehner should remain in power. If Republicans continue to be doormats to Democrats, grow an ever more encroaching bureaucracy, and concern themselves more with the opinion of mainstream media than middle America, they will be condemned to minority status forever.

The Waning Hours

As the Bush administration slips into the loaming, the sword of Damocles hangs over 43's head. He has never gone out of his way to defend himself or his team from the rants of the left. Now, every challenge Obama faces will be blamed on Bush and Republicans. If Bush now speaks up which is admittedly unlikely as he has clung to the "new tone", he will only create momentum from vindictive Democrats for endless Congressional investigations (a certainty), special prosecutors(a likelihood), or even war crimes charges (let's hope not). The Daily Cosers, Huffington harlots, and even Senator Boxer have called for this. A night of long knives could descend on any Republican who doesn't rubber stamp Obama's leftist lunacy.

The Broken Bough

President Bush is derided by scholars and the media now and can only expect worse in the future. Rightly or wrongly, he is regarded as a failed President who crippled his own party. Blame for the financial crisis that was not his accrued to him. His efforts led to large losses by Republicans in this election. He and his inner circle are in peril of Congressional investigation and if Senator Boxer has her way, Bush may face a war crimes trial. This jeopardy to a basically honorable leader is ridiculous. Senator McCain's campaign was pitiful. He unilaterally disarmed early on by refusing to bring up Reverend Wright, Obama's hate pastor, and by minimizing the threat that President-elect Obama poses to freedom and prosperity. Senator McCain told a supporter he had nothing to fear from Obama who was an "honorable" family man. The faded McCain, much like Bob Dole, fought the campaign with one hand tied behind his back against this Marxist of Queensbury.