[Batrachian]

I question whether GWB ever had a conservative base. Al Gore almost won in 2000 because the conservatives didn't turn out to vote. GWB knows this and has written conservatives out of his equations. The pattern is clear. He's pandering to the vast middle that doesn't know, doesn't care, and doesn't understand. He'll fight the war against terrorism and take care of them when they get old. That's enough for them. He's not anticipating that conservatives turn out this time either, so he's not worried about their outrage over CFR, the Medicaid prescription benefit, illegal alien amnesty, the budget explosion, etc...

[goldstategop]

If that's really the thinking in the White House, they shouldn't be surprised if the President does lose in November. Should that happen, its not the end of the world. Gridlock would be preferable to a President pushing a socialist agenda through a Republican Congress under the euphemism of "compassionate conservatism."

[chris1]

Nonsense, every gun owner I know voted for him over Fore, highly conservative people. "Good riddance"???? Keep buying into the old line, that "Our thief is better than your thief." Pathetic. I am very conservative, and yes, I did vote for W in 2000.