Tuesday, January 23, 2007

GOP Crack-up.

I see more steely-spined GOP members of Congress are joining with the Democrats in opposing the "surge". So concerned are they to get out front with their flight from President Bush, that they are not even waiting for the hearings on the plan. I guess Gen. Petraeus should wear body armor today.

I can't believe it. The GOP was one election win away from splintering the Democrat Party but the Iraq war "failure" has turned things on its head. Now it's the GOP falling apart.

I'll say this for the Democrats, they hung in there. For most of 12 years they maintained party discipline and rarely had a defector. It was only in the past couple of years that their "fever-swamp" liberals were potentially leading them into trouble.

The GOP is another story. McCain, Hagel, Snowe, Warner, Collins, Coleman, etc., etc. At one time or another, one or more of this gang has opposed the President and/or party leaders to show the country that they are above partisan politics. In truth, they are either egotists needing to show us how much more thoughtful they are than the average (read: right-wing zealot) Republican, or craven politicos who value their positions above all else, or both.

The GOP may well be headed back to long-term minority status it suffered through for most of the post Great Depression era. Unfortunately, that status seems well deserved.

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