Some reassuring news from today's press conference:
"I do have an obligation to think about people from different backgrounds that have shared the same philosophy, people who will not legislate from the bench," Bush said."
He has started to pick up that chord again and dropped the "mainstream" language.
the whole "mainstream" stuff was just ear candy for the press and average American who doesn't follow things very closely - I don't know why so many on FR and elsewhere couldn't see through that.