registered as Republicans before George W. Bush redefined failure?
When was that? I need that date to answer truthfully.
In my opinion, shortly after the supreme injustice that made him president elect, and before he took the oath of office.
Remember, he and Cheney, arm in arm, walked up to meet the press and immediately claimed our economy was in trouble and the only solution was an immediate tax cut.
The reaction was predictable - likely even to the dim wit in charge - and the markets fell. Not as extreme as at the end of his incompetent tenure, but enough for he and cheney to play the fear card, and pay back their supporters by a massive tax cut for the wealthy.
Later, by attacking and occupying Iraq at a cost of thousands of lives, thousands of arms and legs and $10 Billion per month.
Anyone who voted for "W" in 2004 is a fool (IMHO).