[jveritas]

I think that he is making the Republican party looks much less conservative than it is. I think that he is totally detached from the reality, and have no clue on how to win and achieve as much as you can from the conservative agenda. I think he is being a hypocrite when he calls for less government and at the same time wants the government to regulate how the free market capitalist system do business whether by free trade, or building manufacturing outside the US, or imposing high tariffs on imported products, and such.

The Republican Party is in power because they were able to get ride of someone like Buchanan who only appeals to less than 1% of the voters.

[iconoclast]

no clue on how to win

Ah yes, we here this often from the "Al Davis's" of the Pubbie Party.

Hooray for our team! We get to preside over of the final diminution of the Constitution and the collapse of the Republic!

[reelfoot]

"The Republican Party is in power because they were able to get ride of someone like Buchanan who only appeals to less than 1% of the voters."

I don't think the Republican Party is in power because it got rid of Buchanan. He left of his own accord on a quixotic quest for the presidency. No doubt, most in the Republican Party are free traders. They certainly would have a problem with Buchanan on that issue. But on issues such as enforcing immigration laws, keeping down out-of-control federal spending, affirmative action, etc., I think there are a whole lot of conservatives closer to Buchanan's postions (if not Buchanan himself) than to Bush.

[PeaceAndFreedom]

You said:
The Republican Party is in power because they were able to get ride of someone like Buchanan who only appeals to less than 1% of the voters.

I say:
You contradict yourself. If Buchanan only appeals to less than one percent of the voters, how could getting rid of him put the Republican Party in power?