The Washington Post's Dan Balz asks if you think the GOP is near a resurgence?

This report took balls

As long as Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin remain the headlining Republicans, then the party is going to have a hard time resurging in any meaningful way. They might pick up a few seats in congress and make it even harder for Democrats to pass legislation, but they're not going to redefine American politics.

If they want to come back, they should re-establish a track record of responsible governance on the state level because the next Republican president is going to be a former governor.

We probably didn't have to invade again but since we did it we've done alot of good & we've also rang up a heft price tag. Lot's of wasted taxpayer dollars too. However all for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. Saddam was for sure a bad guy who killed thousands of his own people. That I detest.

In my personal opinion from being there in person, I think we have done alot of good for the people of Iraq. To see the looks on the faces of children & women who come out of fear & not worrying about whether or not a goon of a tyrant will rape them or kill them is relieving for them. Count the number of schools & facilities we have built for them from the sweat & blood of American men I think we've done alot of good. It's nice to see those kids happier than they were before.

I know, and I see the examples of this in the documentaries here in the states ..... BUT, I don't think that it was worth a drop of American blood AND I believe that we had Saddam in a corner where he was rendered pretty harmless, and by now he may have fallen on his own sword. The good will and nation building could have come later, perhaps after his inevitable death.

Iraq was another story and was one of the few areas where I supported Bush '43

and the IED situation appears to be almost completely unmanageable

I meant Afghanistan ..... was another story ....

Goodwill hasn't really worked out as well as it did post WW2. Why? Apathy. People are used to the way things are & nothing has really happened that will shake us out of our complacent minds. If we hear about a group of Soldiers getting killed tomorrow lets say in Florida, no one really pays attention. If we hear about an attack on the Gulf Coast & simultaneous attacks around the world with biological weapons people get crazy & start running around like dogs.