Not particularly in light of having the presidency and both houses. Loss on the press but that is a given
Whether you agree or not, it appears the right wing of the Republican party has taken control of the rest of the party - a few examples - Delay and others have made judges open targets now; Frist offers diagnosisis from video tape;
A small group of the party wanted to intervene in the Schiavo case, when the majority of Americans were against it; this small group even drafted a possibly unconstititual law in this case - if that isn't extreme, than what is;
The surveys that showed that the majority of Americans were against were later shown to support just the opposite by I think a Zogby survey. So that argument holds no water
Right now the Republican Party right and Christian Right are being pulled by people that are nothing but extreme - look at your leaders out there right now - DeLay, Santorum, Frist, Robertson, Falwell - it goes on and on. And their examples abound - Martinez and the politicizing memo to use the Schiavio case to promote the Republican Party (which now it comes out more than just the one "aide" had a part in)...
So you would assume John McCain to be a mainstream conservative? You would assume wrong. All the above save Falwell would fall into the mainstream Republican
Frankly, I can understand how geniune conservatives are upset with their current party - I have never seen a party toss out more of their stated ideals than the current leadership of the Republican Party.
As long as said conservatives align with John McCain...yada...yada..yad.
