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The Rural Rump

By The Daily Dish
Nov 6 2008, 2:41 AM ET

What's happening to the GOP is uncannily like what happened to the Tories after 1997:

"It is a problem for Republicans. As they continue to cater to their culturally conservative rural base, they continue to alienate educated voters," said Rep. Tom Davis, who is retiring and whose Fairfax County district was taken over by the Democrats on Tuesday. "The suburban vote is steadily slipping away, and the party's trying to ignore it and pretend it's not happening."

Score one for Judis.



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