A Conservative asks, "What might have been?"

I always enjoy conservatives' critiques of the Bush II presidency:

ProfessorBainbridge.com: What might have been

It's time for us conservatives to face facts. George W. Bush has pissed away the conservative moment by pursuing a war of choice via policies that border on the criminally incompetent. We control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and (more-or-less) the judiciary for one of the few times in my nearly 5 decades, but what have we really accomplished? Is government smaller? Have we hacked away at the nanny state? Are the unborn any more protected? Have we really set the stage for a durable conservative majority?

...and so on. He goes into more detail. It's worth checking out.