[KevinTheOmnivore]

Your politburo-like reference isn't too far off, IMO. I think even OAO would agree with this, that many in the Republican Party would like to run on the platform of smaler government and less spending, but in essence use that as a way to initiate "social engineering" (qt. in OAO's post).

This Bush administration is the biggest big government, "conservative" administration EVER. There's good reason for real ideological conservatives such as Will, Novak, and Safire to be critical of this occupation......