If you have been following FR since Monday, you should realize that you don't need the Washington Post to divide us. Bush's Monday night speech did more to alienate conservatives and divide Republicans (not necessarily the same thing) than MSM ever dreamed of doing.
That's pretty much what I said. I usually discount anything that the NY Times or the Washington Post publish about Republicans, because it is always meant to be destructive, to divide and conquer the enemy.
But in this case, Bush has already done the dividing, in spades. I said as much in commenting on Bush's immigration speech on that thread. He simply doesn't seem to understand how much damage he is doing to himself and whatever it is--country, party, donors--he thinks he represents.
I have tried to suggest that those who are friends to Bush needed to get the message across to him that he is only damaging himself. In the Miers nomination, for instance, those who blindly supported the nomination only made things worse.
At this point, however, it looks as if Bush simply cannot be helped out with friendly advice any longer. It's just gone on too long. Like Viguerie, I have also noticed that since the 2004 election, Bush has hardly done anything right. Maybe it really is because he figures he doesn't need his base any longer. If so, that is truly stupid. The left will oppose him, come hell or high water. Without the right, he is losing all political support.
And it's not just Bush. Our Senators and Congresscritters are just as bad, with a few honorable exceptions.