He could disappoint me on CFR, but the only real and plausible deal-breaker for me, as you know, is Illegal Immigration.
I have other disagreements with Bush, but not nearly so vehement.
I'm not looking for excuses to vote other than GOP, and even if I did, I don't plan on registering otherwise. If I put my vote in play, rather than staying party-line, I want the GOP to know that the loss of my ballot isn't necessarily permanent.
But we have to be realistic here. We need numbers and we need to back the President over this Social Security mess that Gephardt and Matsui are trying to start.
Do you really think that a veto of CFR is going to cost us numbers? It's a press-suckeled non-issue with the electorate. I suppose that Bush could sign it with a press conference stating he's doing it so that the Supreme Court will take it up, but to me that's a passing of the buck. He has 80% polls and moral authority now. Why not use it to make the case for more, not less, freedom of speech in political campaigns?
And as to Illegals, the President is paddling up a bad stream, the people don't want what he's pushing.
How doesn being antagonistic or unnecessarily compromising help us with Social Security?
