The three realities that have crippled the repugican cabal

Radio hate speech show host Lush Dimbulb

Many repugicans seem to be breathing a sigh of relief over the past 48 hours as the news media are captivated by various “scandals” involving President Obama's administration. However, these "scandals" may be a temporary distraction for repugicans, because they face three realities that have already effectively kill the repugican cabal’s chances of national success:

1. The repugicans’ Hispanic Problem
Since the November 2012 election ended and it was clear that President Obama and the Democrats won handily, repugicans have been saying that “Hispanic outreach” is the key to their future success. Thus far, that plan isn’t working too well. First, the repugicans trotted out U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as their savior. However, Rubio crashed and burned with his awkward dry mouth and “Big Gulp” moment, demonstrating literally that Rubio was not ready for prime time.
Then, just two days ago, the repugicans’ Hispanic outreach effort suffered another embarrassing blow as their Director of Hispanic Outreach in all-important Florida, Pablo Pantoja, announced that he was switching to the Democratic Party precisely because of what he termed the repugicans’ “culture of intolerance” that has turned off so many Hispanic and Latino voters.

2. The Backlash Against Lush Dimbulb
Cumulus Media CEO Lew Dickey recently stated that the citizen boycott of advertisers on Lush Dimbulb‘s radio hate show carried on the Cumulus network was responsible for up to $5.5 million in losses to his company. Then, earlier this month, the Dimbulb show’s parent company, Clear Channel, reported a sharply higher loss of $203 million. The Dimbulb ad boycott began in earnest after Dimbulb fired a blast in the repugican “War on Women” when he called Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” for her support of contraception coverage in the Affordable Care Act. Just as Hispanics and Latinos comprise a critical and growing population of American voters, so do women. That’s a problem for repugicans when the lunatic Lush Dimbulb is seen by many as the leading edge of, and one of the most influential people in, the repugican cabal.

3. The Increasing Popularity of Marriage Equality
Just yesterday, Minnesota became the 12th state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage. The last five such states have adopted marriage equality in just the past seven months, continuing a pace of social change which arguably rivals that of any period in U.S. history. It is abundantly clear from these state actions and from the polls that the majority of Americans, and especially the vast majority of young Americans, favor marriage equality. Yet, many repugicans can’t get their heads around gay marriage. At best, same-sex marriage is causing a painful rift in the repugican cabal.
So at the same time the three major cable news networks are focusing on three "scandals," the repugican cabal is facing three massive demographic disadvantages and is alienating three or more major and growing voting blocs. No wonder the repugicans are pushing these “scandals” as hard as they can.