Bob Barr vs. Glenn Reynolds.

The other day Putz implied there was no difference between the GOP of 1981 and 2009. And like Boehner and Cantor & Co., he suggests that all the GOP has to do is keep opposing Obama and everything will be fine.

Bob Barr disagrees.

Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr said Saturday it’s hard to “overestimate the damage” that’s been inflicted on the Republican Party — not only with this week's defection of Sen. Arlen Specter, but also the “lack of any coherent philosophy, vision or leadership.”

“The Republican Party is in very deep trouble right now,” Barr said in an interview with CNN.

Barr, who was once a loyal soldier in the GOP, joined the Libertarian Party in 2006 and was the party’s presidential candidate in 2008.

The ex-Republican said he doesn’t feel like he relates to Specter's reasons for switching to the Democratic Party. “Where I came from there really was a philosophical basis for leaving the Republican Party,” Barr said.

The problem is obviously the GOP isn't conservative enough when it comes to spending and pork.