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President Bush on the other hand did something that Ronald Reagan failed to do while in office -- guide his party to victory in two elections history and conventional wisdom had ceded to Democrats. In 2002 and 2004 President Bush by his Herculean efforts saw Republicans win control of the Senate outright and grow their majority in the House. Unlike Reagan he had coattails in his reelection campaign. It was only when the conservative media began its meltdown that the Bush juggernaut was stalled in 2006. Then political tradition came into play and Republicans lost an average number of off year election seats in the House and tragically lost the Senate.

In Texas President Bush was able to lay the groundwork for party realignment. He and Karl Rove seemed on the brink of a national realignment when the conservative media opted to pull the rug out from underneath their feet. The constant harangues against Republicans by conservatives in the media made that inevitable.

The young conservatives who cheered President Bush are right he is a great President. He's stayed true to his pledge not to raise taxes, appoint conservatives to the Supreme Court, advance a pro-life and family agenda, and defend this country without regard to polls or commentaries. As far as conservative Presidents go he ranks at the top of the list notwithstanding the idiocy of has-been Peggy Noonan and her ilk.

If the conservative movement and Republican Party are in trouble the conservative media needs to quit looking for scapegoats and embrace the reality that they and their MoveOn.org type behavior are the real culprits. They need to quit passing the buck for their juvenile behavior. If Hillary or Obama in 2008 they owe Peggy Noonan, Anne Coulter, Sean Hannity, Robert Novak, Rush Limbaugh and the vast right wing media "conspiracy" a big thank you.

p>As for this lifelong conservative Republican I'm damn tired of those who have actually undermined our movement and party laying the blame on a President who like Ronald Reagan was the real deal. Semper Fi! br> -- Michael Tomlinson br> Jacksonville, North Carolina /p> p> HUNDRED YEARS McCAIN br> Re: G. Tracy Mehan III's Whither Huckabee : /p>

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