Conservative crack up

No, this isn't about Donald Rumsfeld flying a plane upside down, it's Andrew Sullivan commenting on the grim future for Republicans. His conclusion's a bit hyperbolic but makes its point:

In my view if a Democratic president had Bush’s record, the Republican party would have come close to impeaching him for his adventures in big government, fiscal insanity and foreign policy liberalism. But it swallowed its principles and covered up its differences to keep him (and itself) in power. The consequences are slowly becoming clear.

The race to succeed Bush will become, in part, a battle for the future of American conservatism. I have no idea how it will turn out. But I do have one clear prediction: the Republican internal battle in the next four years is going to be bloody. After the mid-term elections in 2006 it will be.

You really should read the whole article, you know, so you can say you've read it. Your liberal friends will be impressed.