This is an off-topic ping to my list, and other friends, new and old. I just finished reading this at the American Spectator site, from a link at American Thinker. Glad to see it posted at Free Republic no less than four times in the last few days. That is because, clearly, it is an important paper. It explains a lot - A LOT - of what has happened over the last ten years, and certainly why support for the status quo GOP by us, "the Country" class, evaporated under Bush, especially near the Administration's end.
Take the time to read it. Everyone's personal conclusions for solutions to this can only better you, your sphere of influence, and America. Excellent!