[Trinity_Tx]

Because if he does manage all of the above it is most likely the last time there will be a Republican holding any office in the USofA."

Precisely... a fact that is understood, accepted, and considered by pragmatists who act according to that limitation, regardless of their ideological preferences.

I think the smartest thing to do is to copy the frog-boiling method used by Liberals - and you can't do that unless you're in a position of power...

So let's keep our positions, maintain any power we manage to eek away from the Liberals, and gradually show the average Joe-voter that our ideas will truly work to make a better country for everyone.

[Badray]

"...and gradually show the average Joe-voter that our ideas will truly work to make a better country for everyone."

I'd agreed with you IF Bush did that, but he didn't. Instead of showing that our way is better, he mimiced the dems. In fact he outspend the Dems. That doesn't make our case, it just shows that Bush thinks government is the solution - not the problem. It makes it more difficult to see why a conservative or a republican should even be elected.