[Gordongekko909]

He's better than any alternative we've been seriously offered. The man has my support.

[HitmanLV]

He's better than any alternative we've been seriously offered.

That's exactly right. He isn't the best there is, but he is the best we've got. Which is why it's so important in 2008 to not select another slow witted, flat footed communications disaster. Many of Dubya's problem stem from his admin's needless secrecy, inability to communicate a cogent message, and letting the other side define issues to the point where he has to deal with a majority of Americans who have no confidence in his leadership.

He really made his bed. He has nobody to blame but himself if he spends 2007 defending his admin in congressional investigations and getting his arse impeached.

[RLM]

The base didn't betray Bush until after Bush betrayed the base. But, given the same choices we had in the last two presidential elections, I would have to vote for him again. Like most elections, we vote for whom we find the least offensive, not for someone with qualities we admire.

[unseen]

After reading the article I agree with it 100%. We have been lied too and ignored too many times. If we do not stand up for our views then they will be steamrolled by the liberals in 2008. It's time to give the republican party a wake up call in the nov election. Nothing else it appears will make them see. If our elected leaders continue to think of us as stupid and continue to lie during the campaign and then do as they please after elections then we as a party, and as a country will fail.

[Coldwater Creek]

DITTO!!!!!!!!

[MaineVoter2002]

He's better than any alternative we've been seriously offered. The man has my support

I agree. He's better than any alternative we've been seriously offered. However, The man is rapidly losing my support

[n-tres-ted]

President Bush is going along with those who want to destroy the European Judeo/Christian heritage of the United States. I'll see your bid and raise you. He not only has my support, he has my undying gratitude for his leadership and service to the nation. I think he will probably be the best president of my lifetime, and that goes back a fair piece. The only two to rival him for the quality of the man and the presidency IMO are RR and Ike. Ike had much less understanding and respect for economics, particularly tax policy, than GWB, and Ike promised to cut taxes from the high rates of WWII and then renegged. I loved RR and he was a great president. He still had to deal with the Soviets and the nuke standoff, but he didn't have to fight hot wars as W has. No need for further comparison. W has represented my agenda very well, and I shudder to think of where we would be without him (and with Gore/Kerry and their ilk in charge). It's time for Republicans to stop running for the tall grass, and to stand tall with our president.

[GrandEagle]

He's better than any alternative we've been seriously offered.
That is what the Republicans have been running on for several years now. I call it the "we are no worse than the competition" campaign.
That is what they count on, that conservatives have no where else to go, so they can do what ever they want.
I've got no answer, primarily because you are correct. I can't see giving it back to the Dems.
I think creating gridlock would be the best we could do. 50% + 1 Dems in one house, 50% + 1 Rep in the other, with an independant Pres. Nothing would get done, and we would be better off for it.

Cordially,
GE

[mjolnir]

He's better than any alternative we've been seriously offered. The man has my support.

Well said.

Although they would have disagreed about issues such as the border, President Bush is a conservative in the mold of Russell Kirk. Like Michigan's Governor Engler, he sees himself as a problem solver. THAT'S why he attcked the "third rail of American politics. THAT'S why he's trying to solve the immigration issue; had he simply not made a fuss about it, he could have easily made some Clintonesque small time gestures to simultaneously appease those inside and outside his base.

President Bush is not an ideologue. He institutes policies based not just upon principle, but upon those principles, when instituted, have worked out in history and in his experience.

That means that he doesn't prejudge cases. he came into office wanting to exemplify the principle of humbleness in foriegn policy--- but his experience in the form of 9-11 changed that. In the case of immigration, his policies have been formed by his experience as the Governor of Texas. We knew this when we elected him--- no "betrayal" has occured.

[Jorge]

He's better than any alternative we've been seriously offered. The man has my support.

A big AMEN to that!

[RobbyS]

Bush has always been upfront with his position on border policy.