"I think his MBA is showing.....GWB isn't a typical politico so his decisions are sometimes much deeper and harder to read."
Quite possible.
But that same logic applies to campaign finance and to prescription drugs.
Yet, on the other hand....somehow, the idea that "Bush and Rove have a secret plan" just doesn't ring true.
"that same logic applies to campaign finance and to prescription drugs."
Yes, actually it does....here's what I see. GWB had to make choices on where he spends his "capital" or "clout" or power....he has used that unflinchingly in only two areas:
Fighting the WOT and improving education.
On other issues, he is a realist and goes for the best available option. Sometimes he comprimises while sometimes he just negotiates for better terms. Clinton was a waffler....we never did learn of any single issue he would go to the wall for....remember welfare reform?