After the “autopsy” and rebranding this spring, the GOP declared the corpse to be alive and not really in need of any changes – particularly with regard to being viewed as abortion obssessed misogynists and racist. Pretty good strategy.
New polling shows a lot of conflicting data with the president’s approval around a two-year low and congressional disapproval at or near an all-time high. But one thing is clear: There are fewer and fewer people identifying as Republicans in America.
While identification with the Democratic Party is just 1 percent or so lower than it was when President Obama was re-elected, Republican Party ID has gone down from 29.1 percent of Americans polled to 23.3 percent.
What could the GOP possibly be doing to alienate people?
Could it be threatening a government shutdown? Making a hero out of George Zimmerman? Saying that 99 percent of undocumented young people are drug dealers? Running a Cheney? Defining success by all the repeals that they don’t pass?
No one can be sure. But that red line certainly isn’t showing the steady rise it did before the 2010 election.