Yep. I’m 51 years old and this whole primary season has me very disheartened, as if McCain as our nominee in ‘08 wasn’t enough. I have never been so disillusioned about the Republican party. I listen to Beck quite a bit and I think he’s right. The progressives have taken over both parties. Makes me a little sick to my stomach. Been hitting the Pepto Bismol a lot lately. Errrrr.....
Understand your point, but "progressives" have not taken over the Republican party.
Instead, the Republican establishment is composed of people without an ideology -- political technocrats and pragmatists.
While liberals seek power so that they can create a socialist utopia and exert totalitarian power, the Republican establishment seeks power so that they can chair the committees and "run things". That is as far as their "vision" extends.
There is nothing in particular that they want to accomplish. In fact, they recognize that implementing a conservative agenda would be...hard! And they're not interested in investing that kind of effort...
In a way, calling them "progressives" gives them more credit than they're due...