[dirtboy]

I don't agree that he would "split the party" and again, you have no factual basis for this... prediction

Other than 1992, when Bush the Elder drifted left and it split the party. That history thingy ... yet again.

What happened in 1992? A lot of conservatives defected to Perot, is that what you're saying?

It's always the fault of the voters. Never the fault of the Rockefeller wing of the party who keeps trying to yank the steering wheel to the left, even though that manuever is shown to be bad for the party.

[Dr. Frank fan]

It's always the fault of the voters.

Voters who make dumb choices are dumb. I see no point in pretending otherwise.

[Beagle8U]

"Other than 1992, when Bush the Elder drifted left and it split the party. That history thingy ... yet again."

To expand on your point there...Don't forget that Bush1 also basically told the gun owners and the NRA to FO just before the election when he tore up his lifetime membership card and said he wanted nothing more to do with the NRA.

He got his wish! Its one of those pesky issues that some wish to ignore. Gun owners vote their issue!