George Stephanopoulos was asked recently...

...what advise he would give the Republican opposition. He muttered a few banalities about what a difficult position they are in and how they lack leadership and blah, blah, blah. But it made me think of how I would advise them. And purely from a strategic point of view, I would tell them to continue doing exactly as they are doing. The way I look at it, the economy is so messed up that it could very well not recover by the mid-term elections of 2010. The most pessimistic analysts say it might not be a whole lot better by 2012. Under these circumstances, the Republicans should just continue to oppose Obama at every turn and vote "no" as a block. After all, they really don't have any solutions of their own. For example, "Drill, baby, drill" is not an energy policy, it's a bumper sticker. If the economy doesn't recover by then they can nominate some free-market troglodyte who can say he opposed the bailouts, the stimulus package, that new-fangled wheel invention and every other initiative put forward by Obama. If they can keep Bush and Cheney away from the convention like they did in 2008 it just might work.

If the economy does recover, however, they're in for trouble. The Republicans are already the party of Southern, white, Christian males--not exactly a growing demographic. But, hey, unless you have a better answer I'd say it's your best bet.