[Reagan Man]

>>>"... there is a difference between going toe to toe and hammering out a compromise with democrats and giving them the farm for nothing, nadda, zip in return."

Take the farm bill, as an example. I didn't support Bush signing off on the farm bill, but you don't think most farmers today, are conservative and Republican? Think about it.

While political parties aren't everything to all people, they're the only way to win election victories and Reagan understood that. Btw, got a link to that Reagan quote?

>>>"Just because the Republican Party is jumping off a cliff, doesn't mean I have to follow them."

I'm a Republican Party member and i"m not jumping off any cliff and neither are other Republicans.

[MissAmericanPie]

Bush isn't doing what you say he is. He isn't trying for a batting average, he isn't even in negotiations.

Bush isn't some president that you can say, "Whew, thank goodness he's dwindled into obscurity and we are still intact".

He has taken it upon himself to kill the Republican Party and replace it with a doppleganger that only resembles the old party, and by doing that creating two liberal parties in power. I can't vote for that.