The Republican Party’s strength over the last couple of decades has largely been because of its solidarity. The Democrats, almost by their very nature, are somewhat divisive and sometimes don’t put forward a cohesive agenda.
That many Republicans signed an open letter criticizing Bush’s foreign policy direction is telling at the very least. We’re talking about a party that doesn’t believe in criticizing the party line, much less the party leader.
And, just as a parenthetical thought as it relates to Professor’s comments on the war in Iraq–there has been a lot of talk about “support our troops”.
The best way to support out troops is to NOT send them into ill-advised wars under false pretenses. Anyone denying that we sent our boys to war under false pretenses in this case certainly does have blinders on.