The GOP - the party of yesterday....

I recommend you take a second to read this article. It is very true on many levels. This kind of focuses on the social aspects of the GOP losing ground and merit in our country - thank goodness...but it also agrees with another article I read recently talking demographically and statistically how the Republican Party has painted themselves into a corner. They associate themselves with suburban, white conservatives - a dying breed. As our country becomes more urban and more diverse the Republican Party, according to this article, is losing 1% of voting population every year. Every presidential election that is 4%, folks, - remember how close the last few elections have been.

Anyway here is the op-ed article in question.
The GOP - the party of yesterday

Here is a small taste:

Two years ago, a list of the nation’s brainiest cities was put together from Census Bureau reports — that is, cities with the highest percentage of college graduates, which is not the same as smart, of course.

These are vibrant, prosperous places where a knowledge economy and cool things to do after hours attract people from all over the country. Among the top 10, only two of those metro areas — Raleigh, N.C., and Lexington, Ky. — voted Republican in the 2004 presidential election.

This year, all 10 are likely to go Democratic. What’s more, with Colorado, New Hampshire and Virginia now trending blue, Republicans stand to lose the nation’s 10 best-educated states as well.