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John, I must say that is one of your best. Thank you for the historical perspective of past greats, e.g. Reagan, who held their noses and "sacrificed principle" to obtain the ability to lead on other issues. BTW, nice to see "presstitute" worked its way into your lexicon. ;^)

I think you are spot on. Many purists here want that perfect conservative, ignoring the realities of Washington. Sure I would love to see W kill many feel good programs that have no place for the feds constitutionally or otherwise. Such a candidate, however, would garnish 15% of the vote and, like Alan Keyes (who I admire), sit on the sidelines. W sent a message loud and clear that he would sign CFR and it was up to his party to make it right. McComplain and the 'Rats, desparate to have it pass included some good stuff to accomplish that and I think put in some poison hoping W would veto it. He did not and now they don't know what to do. Sure, one can gripe about the "nonconservative" things W has done. He is fully aware and willing to deal with that. I grow more and more impressed with him every day as he kills this nation's internal enemies with kindness and kills the terrorists with the conviction that is absolutely necessary to preserve our way of life. Again, kudos....