[kevkrom]

Don't you think that by running for re-election after advocating and implementing abhorrent liberal policies that Bush is splitting the conservative vote?

No, holding Bush to a "Reagan" standard that Reagan himself would have fallen well short of is splitting off a fairly small part of the conservative vote.

[The_Eaglet]

Why not hold Bush to the standard of his oath to preserve and defend the Constitution

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Amendment X