On this issue, PresBush has shown himself to be more of a corporatist, then a conservative. His defiant public statement earlier this week, was a PR nightmare. Bush and Kerry are both globalists. Kerry more so than Bush is.
>>>>Bush has changed how and why I don't know but he has.
What your seeing, are the first signs of what is called the Presidential Fatigue Factor. It occurs in every second term. Happened to Ike, Reagan and Slick. Except with Bush43, its coming on a little early. The PFF doesn't usually appear until sometime in the last two years of the second term in office. Not a good sign for Dubya.