George Bush: The Death of the GOP
By DAVID ORTEZ on January 16, 2008
Typically, when an administration has been successful in being elected to office for two consecutive terms, they pass the torch to the Vice President. Ronald Reagan passed it to George Bush, Sr. and Bill Clinton passed the torch to Al Gore. What about George W. Bush though? Wasn't Dick Cheney suppose to continue the tradition?
No! The nation as a whole has been united by Bush who claimed that he was "a uniter" but united under one cause . . . to not support his administration no more. Thus, the GOP has had to start from scratch and play catchup in this 2008 election. I would argue that George W. Bush has caused the death of the GOP of this generation and it may take another five years before a coalition will restructure, rebrand and hope that everyone else has forgotten about Bush.
If one looks at the current candidates on the GOP side it is evident of its demise. You have a two Governors, one from Arkansas and the other from Massachusetts. You have a Senator from Arizona, Congressman from Texas and an actor from Tennessee vying for the top spot. This is not including a Mayor from New York who's main strategy seems to be to campaign about three or four primary elections in advance. Other than for McCain, all potential GOP candidates are new to a Presidential race, are considered outsiders and lack foreign policy experience. Is this what we want from our next leader. Must I remind you that our current president was an outsider who was a one term elected Governor of Texas. If we didn't learn through his presidency are we doomed to repeat the same mistake again?
I speculate that the GOP should sacrifice this election in order to give the voters a couple a year about forgetting about Bush, so they can send out a new team of fresh candidates that can offer a different approach. The death of the GOP is a good thing for Republicans because it ends a tarnished era in history that could use some spinning on their side. Did you not remember learning this lesson after Reagan twenty years ago?
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