Sunday Morning Reading - Rethuglicans "Estranged from America"

Pollster Andrew Kohut has a great analysis of the problems facing the Rethuglican/ New Confederate/ Stupid Party in today's once great Washington Post Kaplan Daily.  A few samples:

The Republican Party’s ratings now stand at a 20-year low, with just 33 percent of the public holding a favorable view of the party and 58 percent judging it unfavorably, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Although the Democrats are better regarded (47 percent favorable and 46 percent unfavorable), the GOP’s problems are its own, not a mirror image of renewed Democratic strength.

Kohut goes on to identify three factors in the emergence of the far-right bloc that holds sway in the party:  the "Obama backlash" =cough=racism=cough=,  the changing face of America =cough=racism=cough= , and conservative media that serves as an echo chamber and only source of "news" for the base =cough=racist know-nothings=cough=.  Not surprising considering this far-right bloc is 92 percent white, mostly male, married, Protestant, well-off and over 50.  Kohut concludes:

I see little reason to believe that the staunch conservative bloc will wither away or splinter; it will remain a dominant force in the GOP and on the national stage. At the same time, however, I see no indication that its ideas about policy, governance and social issues will gain new adherents. They are far beyond the mainstream.

In other words, the Rethuglican/ New Conservative/ Stupid Party will exist only to frustrate the will of the majority of the American people for the forseeable future.