OK, I’m in. We’re doomed.

Doesn’t have to be that way, but reading this bit about Tom Davis convinced me that the GOP will never, ever get back on track. Look at his response to the political woes of Republicans:

Inside the meeting, Davis had just presented his colleagues with what he said was a 20-page memo outlining his prescription for a way out of this mess. He did not offer details to the press, yet did not spare the party and the president scathing criticism in his public comments.

“The president swallows the microphone every time he opens his mouth,” Davis said. He believes Bush’s staunch opposition to the Democratic housing bill and the SCHIP bill, for example, is hurting rank and file.

So he blames Bush and wants to flee towards ill-considered legislation to placate voters. That, of course, will simply lose more conservative votes.

I hope that Davis has a minority viewpoint within the Party, but I doubt that we’re that lucky. If this is at all typical of the GOP thinking, then I’d just as soon see the GOP get hammered this fall.