The Anti-Republican Republican Who Is Really a Republican

by: John Nichols, The Nation

Republican presidential nominee John McCain attempted to distance himself from his party despite running on its platform. (Photo: Reuters)

    St. Paul - In the eighth year of Republican dominance of the executive branch of the federal government, after an extended period in which Republicans also controlled the legislative branch of the same federal government, the party's nominee for president told its convention, "We need to change the way government does almost everything: from the way we protect our security to the way we compete in the world economy; from the way we respond to disasters to the way we fuel our transportation network; from the way we train our workers to the way we educate our children." »