Why Republicans Don't Like Anybody

    There's an interesting new poll out, courtesy of AP, that shows that more Republican voters favor "none of the above" than any of the current candidates. Part of that, of course, is that the race is still early and many haven't focused on a particular choice.
    But the main reason -- and one seldom focused on by the press -- is that many Republican voters sense that their political leadership of the country has been pretty much a failure. Congress under GOP rule wasn't really much different than Congress under Democratic control -- despite promises to the contrary when the Republicans won in 1994. The administration of George Bush has been thoroughly discredited by partisans on both sides of the aisle.
    Even worse, perhaps, Christian conservatives saw their political hopes realized when Bush took office; many of their ilk took over some of the principal posts of government. The policy change in many departments was enormous and radical.
    But on the ground, what really changed? Is America almost seven years after Bush took office more like the country the Christian conservatives hoped it would be or less?
    There are only two tragedies in life, said Oscar Wilde. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. Wilde was no Christian conservative but they now know exactly what he meant.