“As Peggy Noonan points out with some bitterness, George W. Bush destroyed the GOP — and we are looking at the wreckage of the party in the results of Tuesday’s remarkably inconclusive primary. What’s significant is that the neocons have split with the ‘movement’ conservatives, and the bloodletting has only just begun. In the event McCain gets the nomination, the field is open for a third party to come in from the right and cash in on McCain-ophobia. Think of it: Rush Limbaugh singing the 32 praises of Ron Paul. As the Libertarian-Constitution third party candidate challenging both McCain and Hillary (or Obama, if the improbable happens), Paul would garner support from conservatives who hate McCain as well as from antiwar voters on the left.” (02/06/08)