They are like people quietly marching to their doom. ~David Brooks on the GOP

Brooks’ observation about the miserable state of the GOP is interesting, but does he really think that the presidential candidates for ’08 are competing for the “George Allen” vote?  No one would compete for the “George Allen” vote as such if you put a gun to his head.  Which brings me to the other point I wanted to make: how did the GOP fall so far that George Allen has come to symbolise mainline conservatism?  I am not exactly what you might call a fan of the Republicans, but even I would not smear them with this association at this point.

On the plus side, Brooks’ column does have one very funny line that I think my readers will appreciate:

The libertarians and paleoconservatives have been losing for so long they are suddenly quite interesting.