Forgive me if I'm a bit confused.

The NY Times/MSNBC crowd keeps telling us that the GOP is doomed. Yes, it's true that the GOP needs to do a better job of winning over Hispanics and blacks. However, it is silly to say that the GOP is dead in the water.

In fact, I would argue that the GOP is headed for a great 2014 at the federal and state levels. Ed Rogers reminds us of the GOP's chances in 2014:

"Republicans currently hold 46 seats in the Senate. Republicans should have a majority in the Senate today, and the 2014 midterms should be about beefing up that majority. Even Democrats know their majority in the Senate is undeserved. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, acknowledged as much to the Wall Street Journal when he said that "Republicans have not missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity." Bennet is right, but it looks as if our primaries will produce more electable candidates next year. The Senate is in play despite the GOP's self-inflicted wounds in the last two cycles.

There are no serious discussions or predictions that the Republican House majority is in peril, or that Republicans could lose more than a few of their 30 governorships. I don't want to suggest that Republicans don't have any problems, but when it comes to what matters, the party isn't in the dire straits that some would have us believe."


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Amen.

Almost everyone around here is so busy incessantly reiterating their undying hatred for the GOP, they're missing a really terrific, unfolding, success story.

We're finally at or near critical mass relative to a conservative takeover of the party and all the whiners can do is wallow in the past.

But, the generals always fight the last war.

That goes double for armchair generals.