[waRNmother.armyboots]

I would strongly recommend that you read "A Charge to Keep" and " The Faith of George W. Bush". I recently read them and found that I feel more comfortable with what I see the President doing. Do not get me wrong, I still disagree with some of his decisions, but I do understand them better and believe that if we can give him a majority he can work with in both branches of Congress we will see a change. He will not have to compromise so much to accomplish what he wants and his next term he will not have to be at all concerned with reelection. He will already be in place and can hit the ground really running after the election.
I just hope his conservative base does not shoot itself in the foot again like it did with Ross Perot.

[rightcoast]

I think that there's a very good chance of Republicans gaining a good net gain in the Senate. Thinking about 60 seats is a little crazy, but I think there's a reasonable chance of getting as high as 57 seats under Republican control. That's not so bad when you think about Democrats like Evan Bayh and a few others that you could possibly get on your side on some issues.

I can see your thinking about Bush being able to accomplish more next term, but his main obstacle is a completely uncooperative opposition party. Reagan was able to work with a Democrat Congress, although this was partly due to his election victories and popularity, especially his landslide in 1984.

[G.Mason]

"I just hope his conservative base does not shoot itself in the foot again like it did with Ross Perot."

Where are they going to go?

No president can please everyone, but we would be delusional to even consider anyone else.