[xrp]

But, I think that the majority of President Bush's spending initiatives have been political moves intended to take away the issues RATS have run on for years.

Yep, that's it exactly. Bush/Rove/Hastert/DeLay Inc have forced the Democrat Party so far left that they [Democrats] are going to go the way of the Whig Party -- into oblivion. We're at the beginning of Pax Republicana here, the Republicans should dominate Congress for the next 25+ years, just as the Democrats dominated Congress so most of the 2nd half of the 20th century. However, the Republican Party may not be able to regain its conservatism and a new conservative party will sprout up in about 10-15 years and start growing.

[Stonedog]

However, the Republican Party may not be able to regain its conservatism...

Well, it's our job to hold them accountable if they don't.

[OldFriend]

Better Dubya than the gigolo.