The Republican Idea Gap
Republicans are in trouble in 2008. Every indicator suggests that the GOP is headed to electoral defeat. While there are a number of weak areas for Republicans, nowhere is the issue most problematic than in the generic congressional ballot. According to the latest NBC/WSJ poll Democrats have a 14 point lead over Republicans in the GCB. They have had a significant lead since 2005.
The issue is that voters have no reason to identify with Republicans and they have every reason (Katrina, the economy, the war, gas prices) to abandon ship. Note that there is little evidence that voters are siding with Democrats because they are attracted to their ideas, rather they are abandoning Republicans because they have none. And voters assume if they have none, they are in favor of the status quo. This year, people do not want more of the same.
The way our for Repbulicans is to push forward an agenda with fundamental policy ideas that take Americans into the future. Without such, they may be doomed to suffer more losses this cycle.
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