Bush signed CFR because he was assured by his advisors that it would overturned by the courts, that it had no chance of standing. They were wrong.
I believe that. IMO he screwed up. Just like the congress screwed up. so it's time for President Bush and the congress to fix their mutual screwup. And I hope Bush learned a lesson here: Honoring the oath to uphold the Constitution is absolute. No political expediency. No passing the buck. Do the job. Honor the oath. Or resign.
I think that is only partly true. I believe that President Bush made a campaign promise that he would sign CFR legislation that made it to his desk, and he has a habit of keeping his campaign promises. In this case, the bill that came out of Congress did not have the provisions he was hoping for (two notables he was asking: a report within 48hrs posted on the 'net of all donations to any campaigning group - like Moveon, etc., and no '60day' restriction) but he chose to honor his campaign promise.
Which is of course why Bush promised to close the "loopholes" in McCain-Feingold when the MSM questioned him about the SwiftBoat Vet ads. Wake up. Bush signed the law - a law that did not enjoy any sort of widespread support among the voting public. He could have easily vetoed this law. No one except the MSM and leftists would have cared.
That leaves two choices: 1) Bush is an idiot just like the MSM say he is, a moronic smiling cokehead chimp who does whatever his masters tell him to; or 2) He's in on the whole deal and fully supports the destruction of the 1st amendment wrought by Soros' little sock-puppet McCain.
Here's my bet: McCain and his fellow Sorosites (there are a number, bought and paid for and from both parties) will amend the law so as to close those annoying loopholes (like the SwiftVets, the Internet, etc.). It will pass with the quiet strongarming of our fearless Republican "leaders" in Congress, and George W. Bush will sign it - in yet another brilliant, Machiavellian "strateeegeree." Mullahette Sandra "Dim Bulb" O'Connor of the Imperial Magisterium will declare the new leglislation perfectly constitutional (the thus plunge the final, fatal knife into the heart of the 1st amendment) - and the "conservatives" will all cheer.