[Leto]

Bush has to deal with Political realities not utopian fantasies. He has a Senate with 50 rats, a number of RINO's and a majority leader who is a weasel. They LIE and have a media ready and willing to amplify those lies. That's reality.

So Bush is fighting a war on 2 fronts against terrorist and against political terrorist(the demoRATS). The fact that he is raising non military spending 2% in an election year is amazing. Check the record. He is in the process of declawing the rats, IF he get a majority in the Senate (wish he has 60 but...) he can get some action.

He proposed the partial privatization of Social Security for heavens sake! That is ultimatly the biggest threat to the continued growth ob big goverment in our lifetime. Imagining this happening without terminal political reprocussions would have been unthinkable in the past.

When you are at war you have Strategic Objectives, and Tatical Objectives. We always want to go directly to the strategic results we desire, but if we ignore the tatical realities we will fail.

[Exigence]

Bush has to deal with Political realities not utopian fantasies.

Well said. We usually leave the Utopian fantasies to the Dems -- or the passionately uninformed and unrealistic.