[bigbob]

A weak article compared to Sowell’s usual. I can hear Gomer Pyle in the background going “S’prise, s’prise!” What he fails to mention is that, whether you like Bush or not (I do), he left things in a helluva mess, with no apparent successor to carry on his positions. Every one of the R candidates ran against Bush as much as against the Dems. S’prise, s’prise, RNC.

The shame of it is that there even *IS* a liberal element of the Republican party, given what he says in the last part of the article about Reagan and Conservatism. We got Obama because we lost our way and forgot our history.

[Bernard]

Yes, apparently none of the 2008 candidates decided to act like they would continue any of the Bush policies, at least the good ones. Maybe that's why the turnout was so weak and divided among so many candidates.

And a good indication of how far out of touch the candidates in both parties are with the country.

[Northern Yankee]

Exactly!

If Bush would have been more conservative, and followed the principles of conservativism, Obama would not have seen the light of day.

The party is in disarray because we have so many republicans want to just get along.