What's going to be happening around here..

This blog is going to be used as a repository of sorts. I'll be posting excerpts and linking to news stories, blog posts and other items that I feel relate to a theory called the "Republican Death Spiral." I'll have a longer explanation of the theory at some point, but for now here's the basic idea -- The Republican Party has seen many significant losses in the last few years. It has moved more to the right, and in the process has lost many moderates. As a response, many GOPers are calling for more conservative purity, thinking that it will be the way to reclaim the national majority. While this strategy pays off well in increasingly shrinking Republican Primaries, it is disastrous in general elections. Thus, the GOP becomes more and more conservative, playing to the base and railing against perceived socialist threats, while the general population becomes increasingly liberal, which further marginalizes the party.

I'll post some examples and a longer explanation at some point, but that right there is the basic idea.