Murdoch is very apt in his criticisms. One thing however would be to opine how Gore would have done in the same situations. Perhaps for the protection and war against Islamofascism, W will be the good guy. Otherwise, I too see the credit and all the minuses that Deroy mentioned. They are point on and the destruction of the GOP will not be a loved item for its proponents.
With all due respect to a fellow phillies fan, and I am not pouncing on you but I’ve seen this argument used several times on this and other threads but the “it could have been worse” argument really isn’t a strong one. Things could always be worse. I could be living out of cardboard box. I could have been born to ultra liberal parents. Fortunately that is not the case but that doesn’t mean things couldn’t be way better and I am constantly striving to make it so.