New GOP off to bad start

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SANFORD CHOSEN TO LEAD
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR’S ASSN.

Everyone keeps talking about this “new Republican Party” that must emerge from the ashes of last week’s embarrassing national electoral defeat.

Unlike in 2006, though, when we had the same kind of talk but no action, I really think the party will get it’s act together and usher in a new generation of strong, conservative leaders who will… oh, wait, nevermind.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was elected the new chairman of the Republican Governors Association on Friday.

Sanford succeeds Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who will now serve as finance chairman. The association has been meeting this week in Miami — and some discussions have revolved around what went wrong for the party on Election Day.

“I am honored and excited to become chairman of the Republican Governors Association as we work together to win a majority of governors by 2010,” Sanford said in a statement released by the group. “Republican governors are natural leaders who will find solutions to our nation’s challenges and bring back the party.”

This is great news for Republicans who like picking petty fights with other Republicans, hypocritically wasting tax dollars on environmental nonsense and personal slush funds, flip-flopping on key issues, and putting television cameras ahead of taxpayers.

For the rest of us, it’s just another sign that we still haven’t learned our lesson. But on the bright side, “Quantum of Solace” opened today and it will probably rock so hard that we’ll forget all about the demise of the GOP.