Deep down, I agree with you...but Dubyuh's actions over the last nine months have not borne that out, IMHO. Perhaps he's got a few too many spineless RINOs in his inner circle who preclude him from being as aggressive in pursuing a Conservative Agenda as Dubyuh would be inclined to do naturally.
"He may feel he has to give too much away on domestic issues in order to make any headway on foreign policy...a mistake his father made."
Hotdog, c_c, you nailed it there!! I believe Bush, Jr.'s instincts are properly anti-Big Guv'ment, but he's tending to lead a whole lot like his Daddy. I respected the heck outta Bush, Sr., but I still believe he squandered the momentum created by the Reagan Revolution by trying to meet the DemonRATS half-way. We can't afford to compromise with the RATS, though, we must take them on and destroy them and all they represent. Consensus with Socialists is not a viable option...we must endeavor to dramatically shrink the size and scope of the Federal Leviathan, not slow its relentless growth. If we fail, I fear many principled conservatives will come to the logical conclusion that there really is no significant difference between the Republicrats and Demoblicans, and take their energies to third parties like the Constitution and Libertarian.
FReegards...MUD
Me too...and I believe...don't think I'm being naiive, because I'm not...I believe that it is up to US to remind the CURRENT Bush administration that the left wing is doing to GW EXACTLY what they did to his father in '92'...and somehow, we have to make the president see and react to this base tactic by the left. Heck, you can see it coming a mile away...it's like an experienced chess player watching a relatively INEXPERIENCED chess player open for a six mover. It's rather obvious.