Why Republican Party is in Crisis?

In his recent column for the NY Times, David Brooks provides a candid and lucid analysis for why the Republican Party is in crisis. In reacting to how the radio jocks Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity have taken control of the Republican party from its rank and file, David Brooks writes:

They pay more attention to Rush’s imaginary millions than to the real voters down the street. The Republican Party is unpopular because it’s more interested in pleasing Rush’s ghosts than actual people. The party is leaderless right now because nobody has the guts to step outside the rigid parameters enforced by the radio jocks and create a new party identity. The party is losing because it has adopted a radio entertainer’s niche-building strategy, while abandoning the politician’s coalition-building strategy.

The rise of Beck, Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and the rest has correlated almost perfectly with the decline of the G.O.P. But it’s not because the talk jocks have real power. It’s because they have illusory power, because Republicans hear the media mythology and fall for it every time.

Read the entire column at The Wizard of Beck. Its good to see that there are still sane people associated with the Republican Party who can see through the veil of mis-information being spread by some in the media and have the courage and fortitude to stand up to it.