There was a time when I thought Jeb Bush and people like him were good, solid, conservative Republicans. No more. They are even more than part of the problem. They are the problem. If they did what they were supposed to do, Leftist would never have gained the foothold that it has.
Concur. However, I believe they did do what they were supposed to do -- Ruling Class negotiating for whose turn it is in the big chair, in charge of pulling the levers of an ever bigger Leviathan -- despite taking the oath with their hands on the Constitution. Jeb doesn't want to fight anybody over anything, except for taking swipes at Perry; he wants to impress the "moderates" with compromise.
GW had a Republican congress and instead of cutting anything, they grew Leviathan even further and now they're all pissy because nobody trusts Republicans to damn well do anything besides what they've always done. And they've got the nerve to brag that Medicare Part D "came in under budget", as though instituting yet another entitlement is okey-dokey because they got the budgeting part right that time.
After Japan's tsunami pictures began circulating, the mess there was so big and extensive, just seeing it was discouraging to me, as in "where the HELL would one even start". I think the same way about the Federal government, and all levels of government, at this point. It doesn't seem "we" are going to be able to "fix" it, so maybe it would be best if it just all fell the hell apart and we can start from scratch.
eta: The further right I am pushed, the less conservative any of them look.
