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That's the point. Neutralize the bad stuff, but set them up for a little "chin music" later on. Most Republicans voted for this. All we gotta do is get Racicot to roll with "no death tax" during the fall of 2002.

Besides, the fights we picked on ANWR and stuff like the steel tariffs have lessened union support for the Dems and has sent them more to the GOP. That helps accomplish objectives 2 and 3. Plus, Bush is making inroads among Hispanics, and we are recruiting good conservative Hispanics in NM and CA (that Escobar guy in CA looks sharp). Peel off more of `em.

It's changing the rules on the Dems. We might lose some hard-core Buchanan types, but we'll more than make up for it with increased union and Hispanic support - plus a lot of the "undecided" voters who went Gore the last time due to the DUI smear. After the way Bush handled 9/11, and the competent job he is doing now, they're not going to go Dem this next time.

And don't forget the Dems who seem to be emptying the magazines into their feet. It's all about applying the lesson taught by the parable of the old bull and the young bull, and Bush seems to be doing that quite well in my estimation. If only a lot more folks in the base would do the same thing, I'd be almost certain of future landslides.

Do you want the Hispanics controlling the Republican party? That is a frightening thought, but I do believe that is Bush's goal. So many of his actions point to his desire for these people to be in this country and to have power. Of course, to do this, he must take away many things from the citizens here. These freebies and goodies he is enticing them with must come from somewhere and it is surely not coming out of his pocket.

My husband and I want desperately to have small acreage in the country. Bush has a large amount of land not far from here (in Texas terms). How would he feel if I just showed up and staked out about 10 acres of that and demanded water and other goodies. Now, as is the argument of many proponents of his policies, I would work very hard on that land and unlike his newest citizens, I would pay taxes. Just wonder if he would like the deal. Well, that is exactly what he is doing to us and I don't like it either.

"We might lose some hard-core Buchanan types..."

Don't be so quick to swat away the so-called "hard-core Buchanan types," my FRiend, only 0.5% voted for him the last time around, but there are a lot of good folks who were ready and willing to follow him were he not to have marginalized himself with his own ill-advised and ineffective attempt at Triangulation. If folks honestly believe Dubyuh's seriously willing to begin the process of down-sizing the Federal Leviathan, many of us will beat a path to his door.

"...but we'll more than make up for it with increased union and Hispanic support"

Which we can accomplish without surrendering to the temptation to buy their votes with yet more federal largesse.

"...plus a lot of the "undecided" voters who went Gore the last time due to the DUI smear. After the way Bush handled 9/11, and the competent job he is doing now, they're not going to go Dem this next time."

Granted, the Right's got a unique opportunity to do a heck of a lotta good in the next few years, so let's not set our sights so low as to mimic the Left's lethargic extention of the Status Quo of Federal Involvement in every aspect of our lives!!

Yes, the opportunity for a landslide is palpable, but only if we dare to be bold!!

FReegards...MUD