Newsday: Republicans and the Bush Presidency

A very interesting take on "compassionate conservatism" and the reasons why the current admninstration may continue to thrive in the wake of recent political disasters. I, for one, hope that Democratic strategists will do a better study of how to use political currents to retake balance in Congress than they did in 2002. However, if the current GOP domination helps to break the two party choke-hold on government by proving that the corruption accompanying unbridled political power will always outweigh any desire to do good, than perhaps that could be good in the long run. We shall see.