What was missing was leadership and combativeness, and you can show leadership over any issue or in any direction. Churchill retained his support throughout the war, despite not sharing any of his constituents' views on social policy. If Bush early on would have PUNISHED anyone in the GOP who didn't fall in line on ANY issue, and if he had crushed the Dems who crossed him on every issue, there wouldn't have been an 06 upset.
Damn good points. May I say the reason bush didnt do these things is because he is not really a conservative? I think the administration was quite happy to lose control in the house and the senate so that the AMNESTY bill will just scream through now.And yes spinlessness on the republican side.