Originally Posted by
GW in Ohio
I think the GOP took a disastrously wrong turn when they nominated George Bush in '99.
At that point, they had all the momentum on their side. Newt Gingrich's conservative revolution that seized both Houses of Congress in '94 was based on fiscal conservatism and pragmatic policies in foreign affairs.
If the Repubs had nominated someone competent in 2000, someone who didn't think it was a good idea to invade Iraq, someone who was a fiscal conservative and didn't think the taxpayers' money was his personal mad money, they'd still be in power today.
George Bush spent the country to the brink of bankruptcy and he spent the GOP right out of power.