Are we seeing the last gasp of the Democratic party?

Ladies and Gentleman, I give you Dr. Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National committee. Please tell me that will be the headline next month, pretty please with sugar on top. I cannot think of a more polarizing, unstable, liberal, scare the hell out of the red-state-voter, person to lead the Democratic Party. Well, maybe one, but I don't think Michael Moore will give up his multi-million dollar career making fraudumentaries to run the DNC. Besides, Christmas is over and you have to be thankful for what you have. Howard Dean will do just fine.

Having been a Democrat in my youth, I see the method to their madness. The Democratic leadership can't come to terms with the fact that more people like Republican ideas. It is that simple. If I hear the 'we didn't get our message out' line one more time I will laugh. Your message came through loud and clear, with extraordinary help from the old media. America heard your message and a majority rejected it.

Let's look at the modern face of the Democratic leadership. Who do you see on TV?
Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, Harry Reid. Are these the people who will win over the red-state voters? Can they bring back the cultural moderates who voted for Bush in 04?
No.

Look, I like fire and brimstone conservative speakers who pull no punches and call it like they see it, but do I want these people the face of my party? No, I want to send Governor Schwarzenegger and Rudy Guiliani out to speak with Katie Couric and Larry King. You may call it bait and switch, but it's not. The Republican Party is far more inclusive than the Democrats. How many pro-life speakers were on stage at the Dems convention? Zero.
How many pro-gun rights speakers were on stage at the Dems convention? That's right, zero.

Here is the Canary in the Democratic coal mine, Michael Newdow, and the ACLU. When ever he files a motion to stop any and every form of religious expression from taking place in the public arena, who supports his efforts? It's not the GOP that's for sure. Taking the cross off the Los Angeles seal? It is not Republicans behind that effort either. The Democratic party doesn't get it. These are the issues that people remember, they do not care about an appropriations bill or an up-down vote on aid to Honduras, they care about people changing the America they grew up in.
Pretty simple stuff. But hey, us ignorant serfs and peasants can't figure out all that 'important stuff' like social security and Iraq, so I guess we have to go with what we know. We may be stupid, but when a school tells a history teacher that he can't teach about the declaration of independence because it mentions God, well we understand that just fine.

The Democratic Party is past the crossroads, it took the wrong turn years ago, the only hope they have is to look at the map and make a U-turn. Hitting the Nitrous button when your heading in the wrong direction doesn't get you back on track, it just speeds you further in the wrong direction.