[weikel]

Bush has enough political capital from the war to tow the conservative line and still get reelected he has enough of the center with the war that as long as he doesn't PO us conservatives than he can get reelected. What is a "blue collar" conservative socialist pro union pro labor policies are the antithesis of economic conservatism.

[Dan from Michigan]

I>What is a "blue collar" conservative socialist pro union pro labor policies are the antithesis of economic conservatism

Blue Collar conservatives are heart and soul of this country. They MADE this county.

They are pro-gun, mostly pro-life, anti-tax, and pro-defense. They voted for Reagan in 80 and 84. They backed GHWB in 88, Perot in 92. Stayed home in 96, and some of them showed up in 200.

They are generally moderate on union policies(there is a place for unions, but they go too far). Mixed on min wage. Oppose the ridiculous union policies on protecting bad workers. A large number of them(myself included) HATE NAFTA, HATE GATT, DESPISE MFN for China, DESPISE Foreign aid, and we don't like the UN very much either. Most like STRAIGHT ANSWERS and hate 'mushy mealy mouth moderates'.

Some are members of the "Religious Right". Others are mostly libertarian. However those issues I've mentioned unite them.

The most important thing is character.

[nopardons]

So did G.H.W. Bush, with a 90 % " war " aproval. That didn't count; or are you too young / politically naieve to remember that ?