I think we ought to have an obituary thread for Bob Dole. We usually don't allow multiple active threads on any given subject to be open at the same time. I usually didn't agree with Bob Dole's conservative philosophy, but he was a good man, and he wanted the best for the American people. Politics is so different now. I want to go back to the age of Bob Dole, when people could disagree but negotiate. If the Republican Party wants to survive, it must go back to the principles of great Republicans like John McCain and Bob Dole and Everett Dirksen.