that became very clear. fact is, bush IS doing an outstanding job on the war on terror. he is hamstrung by the fact that americans do not want to see their own die. every single death of a us service man in afghanistan was sensationalized by our press. somehow every death was blamed on the united states.
it is clear that bush is trying to get surrogates to fight this war. as long as the surrogates have congruent goals to ours, that is great. let them put their lives on the lines for their own liberty -- with our help of course. besides afghanistan, we have been especially successful in indonesia.
i would like to see us be more aggressive in iraq, but i also realize that we in the united states will pull the plug on the war if we have too many casualties or if the price of oil goes too high. unlike buchanan, bush has this talent of carefully navigating a bull in a china shop.
domestically, bush got a 1.3 trillion tax cut through congress. we just need to accelerate it -- it's coming.
buchanan is an isolationist. the last 3 depressions had their roots in isolationist policies. too bad because i think he is strong on social issues and personal freedom. but carville does have it right, "it's the economy stupid" and pat would lose woefully on that.