David Brooks argues that the Republican Party has no reason to exist--save to channel money to favored businessmen and their lobbyist friends:
Op-Ed Columnist: Running on Reform: ...The G.O.P. used to have a governing philosophy: reducing the size of the state.... But reducing the size of government can no longer be Republicans' animating principle... Republicans have no credibility on this subject.... Now Republicans control everything, and over the past three years the size of government has still increased.... Republicans have learned through hard experiences that most Americans do not actually want their government sharply cut....
With its old governing philosophy obsolete, the Republican Party is adrift domestically.... Meanwhile, corporate lobbyists have jumped into the vacuum. If principles aren't going to guide the Republican Party, the opportunists are happy to take control...
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