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Well, it has worked really well for the demorats hasnt it. So holding the republicans up to RR seems just fine with me. And in so doing No, bush is not a conservative. Oh,and by the way I voted for him both times.And what is your idea for the leader of the republican party in the 21 century?

My idea of a leader is someone who, on the issues where there is widespread agreement on our side---say, taxes, WoT, Gitmo---you absolutely squash the Dems and impose Draconian discipline on Republicans who don't toe the line.

Agree to disagree about, say, abortion or guns, and just DON'T ACT on them, one way or another for a few years; but utterly and completely crush the Dems on every other issue.

Now, so much the better if there is nearly complete agreement on the issues (abortion, education, illegals). But in no way allow ANY of those issues to divide Republicans until the Dems are a destroyed party.

In other words, my idea of a leader is someone who fights his ENEMIES and controls his party, not one who agrees with me on issues but who refuses, or is too politically weak, to fight.

And by the way, WHAT has worked "really well" for the Dems? They lost every congressional election but one in the last 12 years and barely won this one (I think it was shown that 15,000 votes tilted Congress). They've lost 2/3s of the presidential elections since 1968. Only a defector kept them from having lost the senate for half the time since 1986.

So appealing to FDR really did them a lot of good. (sarcasm) It kept them focused on the past, and ONLY Clinton was able to ignore FDR and run like a Republican and win.