Campaign Finance Reform
Billion dollar department of Education
Largest Federal Budget in History
Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
Prescription Drug Benefit
Politically Correct Warfare
Out of Control Judiciary
Kow-Towing to Environmentalists as an Energy Policy
No sign of domestic or political backbone from the White House, Capitol Hill, or the State House in Florida.
I live in Pennsylvania where the State Legislature is supposedly controlled by the GOP. All they are doing is working for creative ways to raise taxes without actually calling the "user fees" taxes. Government on all fronts is growing.
The GOP has abandoned the "Contract with America" and the ideals of Newt Gingrich. I joined the Republican party because of Newt. I stuck it out for the last 10 years because you people kept telling me that "it takes time" for change. Well if this is change you can have it.
The only things I can applaud the Bush Presidency for are the tax reductions (which are scheduled to phase out [wimp]) and the initial stages of the "War on Terror". With the court martial of soldiers who are more concerned with their lives and the lives of their buddies than being "politically correct", the "War on Terror" is morphing into the micro-managed quagmire that Vietnam became under Johnson.
You can blame me for the defeat of the Republicans in 2006 and 2008 and the return to power of the Democrats because I will not vote for ANY incumbent and I will not vote for a Republican presidential candidate unless that candidate is a Ronald Reagan conservative who promises real reductions in government - not just the reduction in the growth of government. I will no longer "hold my nose" and vote for the "lesser of two evils".
Teddy Roosevelt said "Speak softly and carry a big stick." The present GOP seems to me to be saying "Appear indignant but do nothing."
You're ignoring the Democrats. They're far-out extremists. It is illogical to let the Democrats win because you're angry at the GOP for not stopping the Democratic program. The problems you point out are all very real. They are also, primarily, to be blamed on the Democrats.