GOP rebranding: Throw rocks, hope Dems screw up, or we're toast

By GottaLaff

All rise. The Cantor Council's Rock-Throwing Committee is in session.:

The newest GOP group aimed at re-energizing the troubled party will hold a second event next week, but political observers say a Republican comeback depends more on Democrats screwing up.

“For the out party to come back, the in party has to screw up. That's history,” said John Pitney, a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College.

At this point, the GOP is history.

The National Council for New America, the group launched in early May by House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (Va.), will host another event on July 22, The Hill reported Thursday.[...]

Cantor is a rising star in the party, and his group is intended to be a GOP think-tank that will help the party come up with the new arguments and ideas to return to power.

But political observers are skeptical of what new ideas will emerge. They also say it might not matter.

“Are there any new ideas in the Republican Party? I don't think so. Does it matter in the short term? Probably not,” said Charlie Cook, editor of the Cook Political Report. “They're going to succeed in the short term by throwing rocks and by attacking.”

Will they hit anything? Probably not.