Hardly !! Your point is clear when you used 2008. The REAL issue is getting re-elected & elected, the movement du jour to sign on to. NOT something to believe in with your heart and soul, a core belief !

And the current Whitehouse sponsored that supremely embarrassing Climate Conference, where the rest of the world came to DC and snubbed our President. Nothing could show how far out-of-touch with reality GWB is, than to request a global meeting and have everyone come and diss [politely, they are diplomats] every word he said. In 40 years of watching politics, I have never seen a greater bumble ! Better to leave everyone at home and say nothing.

And George Wallace showed more class in his statement when Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize than did Terra Rosa when Al Gore won his.

The Republican Party may get 45% of the 2008 vote, but it seems that you have 99% of the Global Warming deniers.

The Republican Party needs several election cycles out, way out. of power to reform. This is what happens to political parties when they lose big, and then lose again.

November 2008 will see the USA still mired in Iraq, a recession and $100+ oil. All will be blamed on Republicans. The Democrats (any of the 3 left) will beat any of the 5 Republicans for the Presidency (see Iraq, recession, energy), and come close to getting a filibuster proof 60 D Senators and a strong House majority.

Another loss in 2010 will change the Republican Party, a badly needed change ! And you are correct, the change will come outside DC and the established political class there, and the Governors can, and will, lead any change.