If we look back it is evident that “W” was showing his Rockefeller Republican side almost as soon as he entered the White House.
The Kennedy education bill was the tip off that we willfully ignored. “W”s trial balloon on immigration in his first term was something we should have known he was going to try to force on us in his second term.
In the flame-wars of the not-so-distant past, there were many who knew the score. It is too bad that many are coming to realize the truth, only now. It will take a great deal of work to ensure that conservatism does not go the way of the dinosaur.