Best Case Scenario

Given the current political situation, there may be only one way to cleanse the Republican Party of all its impurities:

- The Democrats take control of Congress in November.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected in 2008.
- Clinton/Pelosi government raises taxes, tries universal health care, starts handing out condoms in schools, bans gun ownership, etc.
- In 2012, after 4 years of Clinton and Democratic rule, the Republican party is finally back to its Goldwater/Reagan roots (no more "compassionate conservative" B.S.) and ready to stand tough on issues like spending, deregulation, and taxes.

UCLA law professor Stephen Bainbridge does a much better job explaining this than I do in his latest post.

"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." - P.J. O'Rourke