"The comeback starts now!"

Welcome to the Republican National Committee's winter meeting -- and the GOP's alternate reality, where happy days are nearly here again.

By Mike Madden in Slate

To the Republican base, and the members gathered at the Hilton, the House GOP's unanimous, losing vote against an economic stimulus bill on Wednesday wasn't a Bronx cheer aimed at a popular new president, but rather a heroic stand on behalf of the American public. Playing to the hardcore grass roots, the party's leaders made clear Thursday that they plan to stick to their new formula, the one they think will lead them back from the wilderness -- even if it sounds pretty similar to the one that got them there in the first place.

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The party does have problems, (Mitch) McConnell told them, but they're all about image: "Ask most people what Republicans think about immigrants, and they'll say we fear them. Ask most people what we think about the environment, and they'll say we don't care about it. Ask most people what we think about the family, and they'll tell you we don't -- until about a month before Election Day." But the solution to all that isn't to change policies, he said; it's just to communicate them better. His first example? "Workers need to know that we're not anti-union -- we're pro-employee."

Lots more about the identity crisis in Slate after the click.

My comment: Fear immigrants? No cares about the environment? No thoughts about the family? (Think family centric family health care, dude, as opposed to insurance corporation centric health care. That oughta help sort it out.) Anti-union? Republicans? Where EVER would anyone get those silly ideas.

You're right, Mitch, DON'T EVER change policy!