Yep, me too. I like Bush's policy on the war, and his (apparent) policy towards the mid-east and korea. His domestic policies are wanting. Yet, we have no Democrat candidate who looks good enough to vote for.

I just wish the encumbent could be challenged in the primaries. I think another republican who ACTS like a republican could challenge Bush.

1. Broder's not " just another old Washington hand" -- he's the definitive old Washington hand, an empty vessel into which is poured the conventional wisdom of the day.

2. I disagree with his thesis that Bush's policies on taxes, education and Medicare have been radical -- tax cuts have been done before and are easily undone, and the end product of his pushes on education and Medicare will be exactly the same as the positions of Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy on those issues. Bush brought some radical ideas to town about school choice and free market reforms, but the Beltway consensus crowd has swallowed them whole.

Not sure where this is coming from?? If Bush is defeated in '04 it will surely be by Hillary Clinton with a little help from a third party candidate probably McCain.

Steve doesn't want the GOP to be in power for the long run? If we swing left again in '04, I don't think we'll be able to recover.

The U.S. will become just another third world socialist country with everything and everybody reduced to the lowest common denominator.

Wake up call - According to Justice Ginsburg, the U.S. Supreme Court Justices, who swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution, examined the laws of other countries to help them in their deliberations. If that doesn't scare you, it should.

What Bush needs is a filibuster-proof senate, so we can move to the right and remain the strong, independent country, I think, we all want.