When Will People Learn

I understand that Chait is writing the best arguments he can come up with for re-electing Bush, even though he clearly wants no such thing. But, even given that, statements like this drive me crazy:

Begin with the premise that a second-term Bush administration is unlikely to make things a whole lot worse. First of all, domestically, GOP moderates and deficit hawks have finally begun to wake up and realize that they have to rein in Bush's reckless fiscal policies.

Um, no. No they haven't. They don't exist any longer in sufficient numbers. Sane Republicans are not going to save us. They don't have the power.