My wife and I received a tax refund check of $600 because of the tax reduction plan of this president.
Bush has a unique chance to advance the conservative cause that many liberals have come to see as the sensible way now that 9-11 made them grow up quickly. Liberalism has always been the politics of young/immature people, so in moving forward it makes no sense to take a step back just to show that you are a nice guy. It just gives voters pause to think maybe the Demonrats can do the compassion stuff better. New converts will be back in the Democrat camp in no time flat, urging compassion for the terrorists due to their childhood and poverty. Bush wants to be like Ronald Reagan, but he just can't help being like his dad. In trying to appease the liberals and alienating conservatives, he'll end up losing both.
The GOP needs to realize that the Demonrats aren't demonizing them based on what they actually think. The Dems know the GOP embraces diversity in their party and don't want to poison and kill children. But no matter how compassionate the GOP is they will *always* be called heartless greedy racists. And they can never out-spend the Dems with liberal programs. Time to ignore the rhetoric and not play into their hands. Bush is getting cocky now and will lose his core support if he doesn't get a clue quickly.
Spending his political capital trying to become more liberal is just an insane strategy, that sells out conservatism just as it's catching hold again with the Reagan Democrats.