A Modern Agenda Would Lead the GOP out of the Wilderness

• By David Winston
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Dec. 1, 2008, Midnight

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.”