THE ONLY UNLIKELY PART...:

GOP turns to Bush aides for revival (ALEX ISENSTADT, 5/4/09, Politico)

Republicans looking to recover from Bush-era defeats are turning to an unlikely source for advice: top aides to former President George W. Bush.

Former White House press secretary Dana Perino, former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie and former White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto are among those set to provide words of wisdom to House Republican press secretaries at their annual workshop this Friday.

GOP House Conference Communications Director Matt Lloyd said Perino, Gillespie and Fratto represented “the gold standard for Republican communications professionals” and were obvious choices to advise the party’s messengers.

...is turning to the flunkies instead of to the architects of the greatest electoral successes in post-Depression Republican history. It's W and Karl Rove they should be seeking guidance from and compassionate conservatism they should be running on. The Party has been declining since it turned against President Bush on SS Reform, Dubai Ports, immigration, and the Miers nomination.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 4, 2009 5:58 AM