well dennis, at least you acknowledge that the republicans have a platform other than 'no'. the democrat party has marginalized itself to the kook corner with reid, pelosi, dean, moore, franken, stewart, streisand, sheehan, et al. the bad news continues for the democrats - bush is NOT RUNNING!!! anybody but bush (a losing proposition from the getgo) is no longer a valid battle cry. try to rally around the old standby's, government funded infanticide upon demand and handouts for the plantation voting bloc. and for some edification, here's the house republicans' top ten priorities:
"Top Ten Conservative Priorities for 2006

In 2006, the House of Representatives must:

1. Pass a balanced budget amendment to put our fiscal house in order.
2. Pass a budget reconciliation package, to rein in auto-pilot spending which has risen from 25% of all federal spending in 1963 to 54% today, and is expected to reach nearly 60% in 2014.
3. Offset all emergency supplemental spending with spending reductions and offset all new programs with simultaneous, equivalent reductions in, or eliminations of, existing programs.
4. Make the tax cuts permanent, including the repeal of the marriage-tax penalty and the death tax and pass fundamental tax reform
5. Pass budget process reform, which includes budgeting for emergencies with a rainy day fund, instituting a sunset commission for federal programs, instituting a constitutional line-item veto, and making the budget resolution carry the force of law.
6. Pass legislation which stops the raid on the Social Security Trust Fund and allows Americans to own a personal Social Security account.
7. Pass ethics reform that requires transparency and earmark reform which permits Members of Congress to strike earmarks on the House floor.
8. Pass the Marriage Protection Amendment, to ensure that marriage, the union of one man and one woman as husband and wife, is not redefined by activist judges.
9. Defend the sanctity of human life, which includes banning all human cloning, passing the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, promoting ethical adult stem cell research, and preventing federal funding for destructive embryonic stem cell research.
10. Pass protections for religious freedom, such as the Pledge of Allegiance, the Ten Commandments, and religious expression in the public square."

what would be the democrat party's response? no? abb? cowering in a corner, murmuring "how'd he win? no one i know voted for him."?