[dirtboy]

Yes, and for some reason you feel that unless someone (e.g. President Bush) does things your way, he is not a man of integrity.

I do understand that some compromise is necessary within the GOP to hold it together. But Bush has gone way beyond that with his pandering and spending. He has completely gutted the fiscal conservatism that the GOP established last decade.

[carton253]

No, the President isn't the one who has gutted it. You give the President too much power. If the fiscal conservatism was gutted, it was gutted in committee and also during the votes. It was further gutted in conference.

The GOP changes since 1994 can't be laid at the President's feet. It needs to be laid where it belongs. At the feet of the Repubican Senators who, for some unknown reason, do not realize that Tom Daschle is no longer in charge.

[MEGoody]

"But Bush has gone way beyond that with his pandering and spending."

That is a matter of opinion, obviously. Most of this nation is in the middle of the continuum, not the left or right. I know some have a hard time facing that fact, but it is true none the less.