A Republican in Name

I think in the end those who should be most pleased with the Bush administration and its consequences are the Democrats. Bush (and the congressional peons who enabled him) has inflicted more damage to the Republican party than anyone since Nixon--though Nixon was more competent in certain respects, he was probably still worse than Bush in a total accounting. It must be recalled that Nixon got a lot of people unnecessarily killed in Vietnam, that he was an extremely aggressive regulator, a most enthusiastic socialist, an architect of race-based selection in America, an inept manager of the economy, a totally cynical politician, and, of course, Mr. Watergate. And his timing was wonderful too, continuing the disastrous momentum built up by LBJ. Bush was simply never energetic enough to do as much long term damage as these catastrophists. All that now remains for Republicans is to wait, and hope that the Democrats blow their chance at once again building up the kind of political dominance that FDR created for them after Hoover's failed regime. In any case, it looks like the Republicans are in for a long period of reflection on the mistakes of the last 8 years.