Court the conservatives to win the election, then vote against them constantly while in office.
Hmmm. . . what current president does this sound like?
Hillary?
Nevermind - you won - we have no conservative party, we have no conservative representatives in Washington. The one we had doing all our fighting for us - has given up. One man can not do much in Washington.
Not true? Just listen to the news daily, just read FR and see how many hate Bush.
So - just forget about it - you won.
Vote? Don't you mean veto? The President doesn't get a "vote".
You're way off base. You, along with a number of others, don't appreciate how conservative this president is. Since 1932, there has been only one prez as conservative or more conservative than Bush, and that's Reagan. Ike, Nixon, Bush I, and Ford were all moderate Republicans. Kennedy was a somewhat conservative Democrat. Some people expect that every conservative pol will agree with them 100% of the time. On abortion, gun rights, taxes, judges, and other issues, they don't come any more conservative. Even though he's a big govt guy, I guarantee you that he's further to the right than any future president will be.