Among the worries the party now has is that a government shutdown could get blamed on the GOP. Additionally, these party insiders believe that taking on entitlements, specifically Medicare, could jeopardize the party’s hold on the House, its strong chances of taking the Senate and the stronghold that the party has been established with older white voters — not coincidentally, Medicare recipients. … Part of what is happening is that there is a giant gap between the attitudes of Republican base voters and those who are swing voters.
— Political analyst Charlie Cook, on why the Republican Party could find itself headed for a train wreck in 2012.
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