topsyturvy said:bush has pretty much doomed the republican vote from here to 2016. I don't think there is anything else to say on that matter.
The only thing more certain than Bush dooming the Republicans for years is the incompetency of the Democrats. There's no sure thing in politics. That was a hard, hard lesson to learn in 2000. And 2004. We've had two elections in a row turn for the worse, and I don't see any particular reason why it can't happen again.