Absolutely. Which is why Bush's New Tone was an idea whose time will never come.
David Horowitz knows the Left, being a red-diaper baby turned conservative. No quarter with the Left.
Ann Coulter is another who understands the Left has no soul.
To be chummy with them? It has led to this.
I've said it before, I'll say it again - a lot of Democrats won on false pretences of conservatism. Bush should up the ante - make them prove what is more important, the principles that won them victory or the party to which they belong. A good example will be the Patriot Act. I will get great pleasure out of seeing the likes of Jon Tester squirm if Bush forces him to choose on that issue.
The eventual result will be that the Democrats will either split or be exposed as moonbats, all.
Regards, Ivan