Rebrand Equals Retread

The GOP is trying to click its heels three times and return to a time when they actually could still strike fear into their dim constituents and loot for the ultra-rich.

Looking to rebrand a struggling Republican Party, a group of party heavyweights including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) are launching a new group that will hold town halls around the country and look to produce GOP ideas on issues like education and health care.

Republicans will announce today the creation of the "National Council for a New America," a group led by congressional party leaders that includes Bush, McCain, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as its "national panel of experts."

Or, as Josh Marshall put it, "You know things are really humming along when your 'rebranding' effort is led by your recently crushed presidential nominee and your discredited party leader's brother."

Interestingly, the NCNA, or Diet PNAC, invites did not include Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Michael Steele, Mark Sanford, Tim Pawlenty or Joe The Plumber.

Source: Washington Monthly