How Quickly Things Change

"Growing Anti-Abortion Ranks Will Keep Republicans Marginalized." (U. S. News & World Report, 5/15/2009)

"Republicans in Distress: Is the Party Over?" (Time, 5/7/2009)

"Republicans fear long exile in the wilderness." (The Guardian, 10/26/2008)

And then there's this piece of wishful thinking.
"The Imminent Demise of the Republican Party." (Common Dreams, 1/12/2005. And it's just part one!)