However, on the issue of reducing domestic social spending, PresBush hasn't gotten the job done. Period. I'm hopeful that in his second term the President will give the American people real tax reform, along with reform of Social Security and medicare, as he promised in the 2000 election campaign. An effort to fight waste, fraud and abuse in the federal bureaucracy should also be a major priority for Bush`s second term.
Frankly, I don't see the dynamic duo of Bush-Rove wasting four years of a second term. I think they will be very aggressive in certain specific areas and will push for legislation that will begin to exhibit more fiscal responsibility, that will lead to a tighening of the budgetary purse strings.
RM, I think you have hit the nail on the head. Another freeper mentioned the other day that by stealing the Democrat "issues" he was forcing the Democrats even farther leftward. I think between that and what you have posted here, we may be glimpsing a bit of the strategery. I have to admit, though, that I have been disappointed in some of his domestic decisions. But even if he broke my heart on every domestic issue out there, I'd still have to vote for him just to keep the opposition out of office, and because he is such a decent man.