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ROFL!
Speaking of bluffs and that sort of thing:
GWB: HBS MBA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070924/posts
The American Thinker February 3, 2004 | Thomas Lifson
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One final note on George W. Bush’s management style and his Harvard Business School background does not derive from the classroom, per se. One feature of life there is that a subculture of poker players exists. Poker is a natural fit with the inclinations, talents, and skills of many future entrepreneurs. A close reading of the odds, combined with the ability to out-psych the opposition, leads to capital accumulation in many fields, aside from the poker table.
By reputation, the President was a very avid and skillful poker player when he was an MBA student. One of the secrets of a successful poker player is to encourage your opponent to bet a lot of chips on a losing hand. This is a pattern of behavior one sees repeatedly in George W. Bush’s political career. He is not one to loudly proclaim his strengths at the beginning of a campaign. Instead, he bides his time, does not respond forcefully, at least at first, to critiques from his enemies, no matter how loud and annoying they get. If anything, this apparent passivity only goads them into making their case more emphatically.
Know when to hold them, know when to fold them........I think George is doing great. The more I hear about Miers the more I like her.
"WOULD YOU WANT TO GO TO WAR WITH THE 55 GOP SENATORS AS YOUR ARMY" This is the question we should be asking, not "how is HM going to vote in 10 years" No one but God knows what he will do in the future.
I also believe GWB is a student of Sun-Tzu (sp.) Seems so many on our side are gung-ho on the tactical aspect of battle, but oblivious to a strategic plan. This does play into your comments. I think over time, many will eventually reallize GWB is quite sharp on waging a strategic war, be it foreign or domestic. Carry on.