The Republicans' plight

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The media and blogs are already full of data regarding the details of the Democrats' overwhelming victory yesterday, but one thing that's struck me immediately is the fact that Indiana (Indiana!) went for Obama.

Conflated with that virtually incredible piece of news is what Cokie Roberts reported on NPR this morning: A mere 36% of yesterday's voters for president was made up of white males. This must be extremely troubling to the GOP, which has long secured its base in NASCAR dads and their ilk.

The Republicans are flagellating themselves this morning, literally wondering where they go from here. Given yesterday's results, with few exceptions (Arkansas and Florida come to mind), it appears the guns, God, and gays platforms of the past number of GOP administrations simply will no longer wash.