Let us say, for the sake of argument, that you are right. This is where the so-called "Bully Pulpit," of the Presidency has such enormous value. FDR tilted the middle sharply to the Left, by using the Bully Pulpit. So did LBJ. Ronald Reagan used the same platform to bring the middle back sharply to the Right.
President Bush has done nothing to move the center towards the Right. Your suggestion that he would suddenly do so in a second term is belied by his failure in the first. With every lost day, it would be harder, not easier to change direction. And what possible reason would he have for doing so?
Does he even understand the considerations that should go into an American Immigration policy? If he does, he obviously doesn't care about them. (See Immigration & The American Future.) Does he understand the colliding paths of demographics, science and medical services, which are involved in his Medicare proposals? If he does, it has not stopped his push to the Left. (See Panacea Or Death Potion.)
But enough. He has had three years to demonstrate any tendency to push America to the Right. He has not done so, other than in beefing up our Defense, which I applaud. But if he cannot or will not respect the ethnic values of the people he is supposed to defend, that Defense establishment is not reason enough to support him further.
William Flax