Either somebody has gotten to President Bush with persuasion he can't turn down, or he's gone Liberal on us, or he always was a Liberal in disguise. I don't know which, but he's not the man I voted for because he isn't doing the things I voted for him to do.
The problem is Bush has been exposed. We all thought the image of him standing on the rubble of the TWC, saying "I can hear you" was the real Bush. It wasn't. It was just a lucky remark he made off-hand that resonated with people. He's a weak politician who is controlled by events and bureaucrats.
Everything Bush had achieved was larely off of the patriotic fervor that happened after 9-11. After that wore off, he didn't have much else. He can't manipulate people to accomplish things as a politician should. There is no strategy for anything--it's a stumble along thing and hope for the best. He surrounded himself with people he thought were good enough for the job--but like in most things mediocrities get the job done until something goes wrong.