[weikel]

Count me among the irate conservatives... I feel betrayed I was convinced he was Reagan all over again during his 1st year in office then he tilted leftward bigtime.

[Leclair10]

In terms of what weikel? Reagan backed the brady bill,amnesty for illegals, raised taxes three times, vetoed the farm bill and had it wrapped around his neck in 86 when he lost the senate. Reagan was a great president but bush's policies are exactly the same.

[berned]

I think it's good to remember that Bush took office with virtually no mandate.

Considering he lost the popular vote, and was pilloried in the media as a moron, and took office with millions of people in this country convinced (wrongly of course) that he STOLE the election... and that a "repub" senator took the unprecedented step of defecting to give the Senate away to the dems... Bushie's done pretty damn fine for himself.

Politics is the art of the possible, not Fantasy World. With the unprecedentedly crappy hand Dubya was dealt, I believe he played it about as perfect as anyone ever could have.

Don't forget that Reagan had a 10 point mandate in '80, and a mega-landslide win in '84. Even Bush #41 had a solid 8 point victory in '88.

If we get back the Senate and keep the House, watch how skillfully Bush will push the Conservative agenda.

[dsutah]

Do you need a cry-towel; so that you can cry about it?