Republicans Are Suffering

This weekend I went to a Memorial Day parade in the beautiful suburban town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio- where my wife's family lives. This area is by no means Democratic, having voted for just about every Republican on the ballot in modern times. So I was pleasantly surprised to see a Democratic party float with a crowd of people on board and a positive response from the crowd, but I was even more surprised by this:

That's the Republican float- 2 guys and an inflated elephant with a "Support Our Troops" banner wrapped around the trunk. No mention of the word Republican, no crowds, nothing. How diminished is the Republican party if it can't get more than two people to walk with its float in the biggest parade of the year in an area that is their stronghold in a swing state? How diminished is the Republican party if it not only has to hide behind transparent statements of "Support Our Troops" (as it often does), but fears to even clearly designate itself as the Republican party?

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