The Mean Old GOP

Richard Cohen takes the GOP to task today for becoming mean. Thanks, Richard, your analysis means a lot to us.

Here's the deal. I don't like where the Republican Party is right now. I believe it is less George Bush's fault than Tom Delay and Dick Army.

But it isn't because the GOP is mean...it is because it became intoxicated with its own power. Let's face it, Richard Cohen waxes weepy when remembering George Bush talking about education on the stump during the 2000 election, but the bottom line is he thought Republicans were mean then, and so did most of the folks who think like him.

The GOP Renaissance will not come because it gets "nicer". It will come when it gets smarter.