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Hope I'm wrong about this, but my gut tells me hard times are ahead for the conservative movement in America today. And I WILL blame it on the Jekyll and Hyde Presidency of Dubya Bush.
The GOP seems to be morphing back into the way it use to be before Ronald Reagan came along and ran for POTUS in 1976/1980. The Rockefeller wing of the GOP, aka. moderate-centrist-liberal wing of the GOP, has been gaining influence over the traditional mainstream conservative agenda that operated in the 1980`s under Reagan, through Gingrich in the 1990`s. Yeah, Bush is pro-defense, pro-life and an instinctive conservative tax cutter. But on domestic spending issues he's been a big disappointment. Big government Republicanism rules with Dubya Bush. And Bush`s opposition to real immigration reform, has been a utter failure.
Just as conservatives need to remain vigilant in the WOT, we also need to remain vigilant when it comes to advancing a conservative agenda for America. If we don't, we'll be stuck with more moderate-centrist-liberal Republicans, running the big government show, in status quo Washington DC.