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Does the GOP Need an Extreme Makeover?
Politics Daily — ... as a loss principles, and prescribe a strong dose of fiscal austerity as the cure, the Gallup findings ought to give party members pause about quick return to Reagan-style, hands-off government. TPM's Eric Kleefield put it this way: ...

Tanking
Talking Points Memo — ... If there's anything the last decade and one half has taught us it is too look very skeptically at purportedly generational political trends. But the latest Gallup poll data is still very telling about the immediate political moment. While the Republican party had a real image problem leading up to the November election, improbably, it's gotten dramatically worse since the election. In October, the GOP's favorable/unfavorable was 40%/53%. Now it's fav. 34% / unfav. 61%. So almost twice as many people have an unfavorable view of the GOP as a favorable one. ...

Poll Data: GOP Fast Becoming Rump Party
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... in a landslide: The folks who are left to pick up the pieces are often the most extreme elements, and are in fact the least fit to actually clean things up. The best examples of this are probably the UK Labour Party after they were beaten by Margaret Thatcher in 1979, the Conservative Party after Tony Blair finally ousted them in 1997, and over here the Democrats when they lost in 1980 and then nominated Walter Mondale in 1984. Hmm, can anyone say Palin/Bachmann in 2012? Read more: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11... Encouraging news, 59% of Republicans ...

Poll: Republicans Want Party To Be Like Palin
TPM Election Central — ... As I've previously noted, poll data like this could indicate that the Republican Party is getting ready to relive the classic cycle of ruling parties who get turned out of power in a landslide: With the party base itself shrunk down, the people who are still around are the most hard-line members, and are really the least fit people to fix the situation. ...

Cults of Personality: Obama vs. Palin
The Moderate Voice — ... As I’ve previously noted, poll data like this could indicate that the Republican Party is getting ready to relive the classic cycle of ruling parties who get turned out of power in a landslide: With the party base itself shrunk down, the people who are still around are the most hard-line members, and are really the least fit people to fix the situation. ...

Another Poll Shows Obama Popular, Republicans Cut Down To Size
TPM Election Central — ... But in a way, this really feeds into a narrative I've been noting for a while: That as the Republican base has shrunk, the ones who have peeled away were relative moderates while the people who remain are much more conservative and partisan. And those people would be much less likely to give Obama the benefit of the doubt. ...