This explains everything.
Folks, folks. Please take a chill pill. This country isn't 60-40 conservative/liberal. It's 30/40/30 conservative/moderate/liberal. It's the 40% that decides elections. And a lot of those in the 40% want big government and all the things Bush PROMISED in his campaigns. And he has delivered on those promises. What was the BIG issue in 2000? Not terrorism. Not foreign policy. Not energy. It was prescription drugs and education. Bush promised to move on those items and he has followed through. He promised us conservative judges and he has delivered. He has promised us a forward defense of this country, and he has delivered. He promised us tax cuts, and he has delivered. He has tried to get an energy program through and well as social security reform, all thwarted by the Dems and the spineless Rhinos in Congress. Your anger should be directed at the gutless wonders in Congress who won't fight for this President. Remember too that it is Congress, not the President, that decides how big government is. Hell, the President can't even not spend the money that Congress tells him to spend. Reagan tried that in the '80s and the Supreme Court rebuked him and told him to follow his Constitutional obligation. Congress, not Bush, is our real enemy. Maybe if we ditched a few incumbents in the primaries the rest would get the message.
Either way, the way to look at the situation is that the glass is half full. No sense in smashing the glass because it's not full. Which will happen if the Dems take either house in Congress this November. You "scorched earth" folks just don't get it. You're only going to put Hillary in the White House and the Dems will busy themselves to undo what progress has been made over the last six years.