[Timesink]

Do you think Bush is a conservative he is spending like a drunken sailor and it seems like the Saudis run his foreign policy?

Yes. I understand and accept that it is a physical impossibility for any president to achieve 100% party (or ideology) platform perfection, especially when their party is not in total control of Congress. Sometimes you have to give a little, sometimes you have to think strategically months ahead of time and play tactically on-the-fly. (Example: I don't care about the steel tariff thing if it ends up helping us win races in certain states that give us control of the Senate. The ends justify the means.)

And yes, believe it or not, sometimes two intelligent people can disagree about whether a particular policy conforms to conservative principles.

[weikel]

The hardcore liberals will hate him no matter what and the rest of the country is in the bag I don't see how caving to the left will help Bush win the Senate.

[carenot]

. (Example: I don't care about the steel tariff thing if it ends up helping us win races in certain states that give us control of the Senate. The ends justify the means.)

Ohmygod! I hope you are just quoting someone