[Agnes Heep]

If we speak up, will the President hear and respond.... I think he will.

Bush being what he is, I don't think so. One of his chief virtues is that he has his own set of beliefs to which he remains faithful to the bitter end--kind of like the Andy Reid of politics. If the beliefs are sound, all is well. Otherwise ...

[My2Cents]

Bush is not strident, and not extreme in either tone or policies. I think you're right. Bush always does what he does because he thinks it's the correct thing to do. He does not operate from ideology, but from a set of deeper beliefs. Most of the time, his instincts are conservative. Some times they are not. Overall, though, we are fortunate to have this man, with his set of values, in the White House, even if he isn't every Freeper's model of conservatism.