I live in AZ, it really surprised me to read in Barry Goldwater's autobiography that he voted some republican and some democrat in every election his entire life. I think the extreme party factions have hurt our country. Politicians like George Bush who can only think about party politics don't do our country any good. Bush says that he cares so much about making the republicans dominant that he must become a democrat on 80% of all issues and abandon his campaign rhetoric. He should instead only be concerned with doing what is right. Bush falls far short of the kind of a leader we need in this country.
It would do our country good for the republicans to get beat up real good at the elections and that's what counts, not party posturing.