A Modern Agenda Would Lead the GOP out of the Wilderness

By David Winston
Roll Call Contributing Writer

December 1, 2008

After three weeks of explaining to disheartened Republicans exactly what happened on Nov. 4, I’m beginning to feel more like a grief counselor than a political analyst. In the days leading up to the presidential election, with poll numbers trending the wrong way, most Republicans were in a state of group denial — “This can’t be happening.”

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