A Troubled Republican

A reader writes:

I have continued reading you over the last couple of years, even though I strongly disagreed with the overall direction you were heading. But I have to say, I agreed with every word of your "Bush on Iraq" post today. And in the wake of the hysterical reaction to the Baker report, I'm finally beginning to take a second look at my fellow travelers, and I'm not liking what I'm seeing.  Ultimately, reality cannot be denied.

A word on the reaction to Baker.  This is what really got me.  I mean, you can't be more of a typical Republican/conservative than James Baker.  He jammed through the 1986 Tax Act under RR for God's sake! And now he's being written out of the movement?  This is a bridge too far for me.