The Washington Post reports on the empty, tragic life of young conservatives in Washington today.

John O’Keefe, 23, another conservative think-tank intern who might be out of a job after his internship ends in May, dismisses his liberal contemporaries. “The only thing they have are blogs. They feel like gods of our generation,” he says, before ruminating on a very Washington cure-all. “I’m hoping that people get [angry] at Obama and start forming political action committees.”

The only thing they have are blogs?

How dare he insult blogs.

But seriously, why would any young person want to be a Republican now? The party stands for nothing except torture, tax cuts, and a knee-jerk opposition to anything President Obama does.

Scott Keeter, survey research director at the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, suggests there may be broad reasons why Republicans are not in sync with millennials. “I don’t want to go too far and say this is a lost generation for the Republican Party,” Keeter says. “But it’s a serious portent that [young people’s affection for the Democratic Party] is not dependent on Obama — it’s a function of demographic shifts, and that this generation came of age when the Republican brand has been damaged.”

Eight years of George Bush will damage your brand, yes.