I think that most Republicans -- and I use the term in its traditional sense of normal conservatives -- are flinching and holding their noses as they vote for Bush.

Political reality calls for the Republican Party as it is now -- a party of extreme rightwing, neocon fundamentalists -- to rename itself, become a third party in the US, and allow the name Republican to revert to those moderate, centrist-but-conservative, decent people who used to be represented by the term "Republican."

As far as a new name for the neocon party, I suggest "Whackos."