Well, no one is a bigger "Bushie" than I, and politically I think some of the things that repulse me were wise. However, he is flirting with turning off enough of the base to hurt him. In 2000, he benefitted from "broken glass" Republicans sickened by Clinton, and a John Kerry or a Howard Dean simply won't bring those same folks out in the same numbers.
However, a Hillary . . . .
I'm one of the people who will work to get the GOP vote out in 2004. I haven't always agreed with what W's done, but there isn't a Dem candidate that I could tolerate.