The Republican 'Party' is Over

Republicans controlled the White House, both houses of Congress, and the Supreme Court for 6 years. Instead of using this time in absolute control of Washington DC to implement the party's agenda, they have only proven the maxim 'power corrupts'. The party of small government instead presided over a record-setting growth in government. The party that urged isolation instead led America on the largest nation building efforts since the Marshall Plan. The party that warned against the growing national debt and preached the blessings of a balanced budget instead drove the budget from surplus to $500 billion annual shortfall and doubled the cumulative national debt. The party that claimed competence instead proved itself a miserable failure at management; the catatonic response to Katrina is a national disgrace, they institutionalized vote peddling to lobbyists , and their craven bumbling on the economy threatens the commonweal for generations to come. While their candidates debate how much fealty to pledge this failed administration to win the primaries, they fear the consequences in the general election. Even the most dedicated Republicans must wonder how their dreams have turned to dust.