[cwamember]

Note to the GOP:

1.) Seal the borders.

2.) Cut spending.

3.) Cut taxes

4.) Address social issues that your base cares about in a meaningful way: Life, homeschooling, marriage.

That is the exact narrow agenda that got the GOP in the fix it’s in along with unconditional support for Bush and the Iraq war. The turning point was Terri Schiavo. It’s been downhill sledding ever since.

[Antoninus]

That is the exact narrow agenda that got the GOP in the fix it’s in along with unconditional support for Bush and the Iraq war. The turning point was Terri Schiavo. It’s been downhill sledding ever since. Complete and utter baloney. The clumsy handling of the Iraq war got Bush's approvals down to the 45% range. The border got it sub 30%. His profligate spending got it down into the 20%s.

In my experience, the only people who have a negative view of Bush for Terri Schiavo are pro-death wack-jobs who were never going to vote for him anyway.