When you try to surround yourself with people who believe what you believe, you end up with groupthink, which is how Bush and his neoconservative handlers managed to get the country into two unnecessary wars and nation building projects. They were so right and so smart that there wasn't any way that things could go really wrong. Now, a trillion or so dollars later, the lid is still off these Pandora's boxes. The following negative outcomes of groupthnk pretty much sum up Bush's administrations and would be the hallmark of any neo-Republican (see: Beck and Palin) administration.
Examining few alternatives
Not being critical of each other's ideas
Not examining early alternatives
Not seeking expert opinion
Being highly selective in gathering information
Not having contingency plans
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What drives me out of mind(~and granted that 8 years of Bush/Cheney did things to my mind)is that none of the things that you mentioned are played up in the media or by the Dems. If the huge, destructive errors of the past administration had been done during a Democratic president you can be sure that every Repulsive Republican would be regurgitating it like a mantra day and night. But do we hear the nihilistic Alfred E Neuman "What me Worry?" doings of the Bushies and how it ruined our economy, plunged us into enormous deficits, ill-conceived war, etc. etc. NO! What is wrong with our party!! Repug David Brooks who was actually lauding President Obama on Charlie Rose was saying that he actually sees an opportunity for a third party at this time. Maybe it will be a Progressive Super Liberal Party that we can join.
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