Many conservatives say that Bush is "doing a good job." What exactly does that mean? If you mean that he's "doing a good job" at preserving the status quo, I would agree. If you mean that he's "doing a good job" of bolstering the federal monopoly on public education, I would concede that as well. If, however, you mean to say that he's "doing a good job" of scaling back government and restoring some form of constitutional sanity to Washington I would profoundly disagree. Whether or not Bush restores the public's respect for the office of president is inconsequential. He should work on restoring the public's respect for the principles upon which this nation was built.
Should he and I agree on every issue? Of course not, but the very least I expect from any president is that he live up to the oath he swore before Almighty God to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. Pushing for more education spending, stricter environmental regulations and more limits on free speech (a.k.a. Campaign Finance Reform) doesn't help.