and increasingly centrist on economic matters. If the Democrats were still so leftist, why weren't there massive New Deal style job programs like the old CCC, WPA, etc. put into effect? Because the Dems are much more private-sector oriented than in the old days, that's why. Easterntiger- Well written & said. My hope? There are young moderate GOP folks out here-Mccain's daughter for one- getting ready to take over. I raised my kids in Newport Beach Ca-home to some of the MOST extreme right wing GOP-their kids are not following them into the GOP-so I have hope that the GOP moderates will rise after all the ashes are swept away. Very well said, Susan and I agree 100%. Too many people look at the so-called "failures" and not at how the country has progressed since President Obama was elected. He definitely has my vote again. Thank you so much for this! I STILL LIKE IKE... After visiting the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Kansas this summer, I too was moved by IKE's service to others above party. I am also quite sure he would be proud to see his granddaughter Susan, following that example. I voted against Bush mostly due to the war in Iraq, I know for certain that Eisenhower our greatest President would object strongly to Obama's DRONE attacks & foreign policy which is an utter failure. What would Ike think of Benghazigate?? we are in more wars with Obama, I find the support of Obama