Look who's feuding: suddenly it's Republicans (for a change!) who are at one another's throats over Iraq. There's even talk of a postelection neocon purge. The sun sets on national greatness conservatism.(Cover Story)

ABU GHRAIB. L'AFFAIRE CHALABI. GEORGE TENET'S RESIGnation. More conservative defections from the war enterprise. A circular firing squad of feuds--between John McCain and Denny Hastert, Dick Armey and Tom DeLay.

These have been, to state the obvious, a rough couple of months for the Republicans. Talk of the administration's "wheels coming off" abounds. Consider these recent developments:

* In light of the "house of horrors" at Abu Ghraib, neocon stalwart Max Boot calls for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to step down. The secretary's "failure to ...

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