Bush has been fighting the 'established' in the CIA and the military in his quest to reform these entrenched societies. He is fighting the big battle. But if he doesn't cower to the radical right wing on every issue, they dump all over him and talk about how he never does anything and that Bush is a closet liberal. It started right after he was elected and appointed Ashcroft. "No spine" were the posts. "If Bush had any spine he would have not appointed Ashcroft. Ashcroft has no spine since he didn't take his disputed election to the courts" and so on.
Oh My...Ashcroft was ask NOT TO muddy the waters. Let it go and they'd take care of him. If you'll remember...Bush was having to fight the election scam count the dembos drummed up. Ashcroft was biting at the bit to go after this election fraud that happened in his state.
This is an absolute crock. President Bush's signing of the blatantly unconstitutional CFR (campaign finance reform) legislation, to cite just one example, has nothing to do with the civil war over control of foreign policy raging inside the Beltway.
There are many "big battles" under way right now, and the President is addressing some of them very well, and some of them abysmally. The "radical right wing" you disparage so erroneously with respect to this particular issue actually stands firmly with the President and our military and implacably opposed to the treasonous lefists dominating the CIA and State Department.
They are champing at the bit for him to drop the failed policy of trying to appease and placate them and to challenge them (and their media allies) head-on. They are ready and waiting for him to lead, to give the word, and they will mobilize like the decadent Beltway crowd could never imagine.