If the national Republican Party has a cold, the local D.C. Republican Committee has pneumonia and is on life support.

Sen. John McCain’s presidential defeat and vanishing congressional seats have instigated hand-wringing among conservatives across the country and prayers for a 2010 or 2012 recovery. Ross Douthat, the co-author with Reihan Salam of “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream,” sees the party’s potential revival in possible gaffes or debacles of President-elect Barack Obama’s administration.

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