No President gets elected by themselves. There has to be an army of organizers and handlers. Both sides (if there really is two sides) employ alot of the same handlers. It's my conspiratorial mind that believes it's people or groups inside these handler organizations that wield some degree of unseen power.
I know some are pulling out their tin foil hats right now, but I actually believe 9/11 freed up Bush from some of his handlers. Bush used the momemtum of the momemt to actually be daring, and take the fight to the enemy. For that, I give him Kudos.
You KNOW if Gore was President, No troops would have been sent anywhere. In fact, he probably would have apologized for America's bigoted stance in the ME, and abandoned Israel.
I think Bush is still trying to fight the good fight against terrorism (although he's blind on immigration, and the reality of islam..Errr), but this recent firing of Rumsfeld and the Iraq study group looks like the "handlers" are gaining the edge.
Of course none of this is provable, so it just becomes more eye-ball rolling material for my wife and others. 8^(
I will finish this tinfoil rant by saying that in my life, fact HAS been stranger then fiction.
You're talking about permanent government types. People Like Richard Clark and Jamie Gorelick fit into that category.
Incidentally Clark was one of those who felt that foreign connections to OKC were overlooked.