Thursday, May 03, 2007

SHORTER W.F. BUCKLEY

April 28, 2007 10:45 AM
The Waning of the GOP
By William F. Buckley Jr
National Review

The political problem of the Bush administration is grave, possibly beyond the point of rescue. The opinion polls are savagely decisive on the Iraq question. About 60 percent of Americans wish the war ended — wish at least a timetable for orderly withdrawal. What is going on in Congress is in the nature of accompaniment.

But beyond affirming executive supremacy in matters of war, what is George Bush going to do? It is simply untrue that we are making decisive progress in Iraq.

There are grounds for wondering whether the Republican party will survive this dilemma.

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