George W. Bush destroyed the Republican Party. Correction. George W. Bush nearly destroyed the United States of America and the Republican Party was more or less collateral damage. However you choose to arrive at that conclusion it's fairly clear that whatever it is the Republican Party is selling, it's unwanted by the American people and maybe even more important it just doesn't work. More than doesn't work, after eight years it actually produced negative outcomes. Thus President Obama was handed a country in uniquely perilous economic conditions and he has attempted throughout the beginning of his presidency…….Wait a minute, what? ....Uh,……this is awkward….I guess the Republicans are back.
