Written by: Beck

Dick Cheney just entered the building. They're making a big deal about his entrance. Evidently they're planning big entrances like this the whole time (i.e. he's not going to speak now). Every time I see this guy in public, I keep waiting for him to have a stroke or a heart attack or something.

David Brooks (paraphrasing): This is a unified party, but it's a very unstable party... Four years ago, this was all about compassionate conservatism, now that's all gone. Now it's about the war... For decades, this party was held together by the belief that they had to reduce the size of the government... they haven't done that... so now they have to find something else to unify this party.

I agree 100%, and I think once the War on Terror has lost momentum, the Republican party could severely splinter. Is it really so much to ask for less government involvement in my daily life?