The President needs his spine back. It is there when it comes to the WOT. Then it goes in a lock box.
[The President needs his spine back.]
The "compassionate conservative" with "the new tone" has never had a spine when it comes to domestic policy issues. I voted for him twice because I'd much rather have this moderate Republican than either of the two buffoons Gore or Kerry, but it's simply not in this President's nature to put up a fight when the opposition gets vicious.
In my opinion, this is because he takes his Christian beliefs very seriously and prefers to turn the other cheek to those who strike him in the face.
I'm only voting for a presidential candidate in '08 who can convince me that he'll be willing and able to dispense to his enemies, foreign and domestic, a lot more hurt than they can give him.