That's exactly what Bush has tried to do. While hardcore leftist try to Bush into a great (stupid) Satan, he's far from even being conservative. He's tried to build a party which has a super majority of voters which means an attempt to gain votes in the middle and grudgingly retain his base. He's trying to pander to so many demographics that he leaves no one happy. For the libertarians, it's tax cuts. For the neoconservatives, it's building a democratic Iraq. For liberals it's expansions in medicare and education, billions more to fight AIDS in Africa. For business, it's cheap Mexican labor. Let's keep Congress on my side by turning a blind eye to increases in pork spending.
Over the last few years, Bush has proven to be weak and ineffectual. He's a good campaigner, but ineffectual in leading his majority party in Congress.
The survey found that 38 percent of the public approve of the job Bush is doing, down three percentage points in the past month and his worst showing in Post-ABC polling since he became president. Sixty percent disapprove of his performance....
A majority of registered voters, 55 percent, say they plan to vote for the Democratic candidate in their House district, while 40 percent support the Republican candidate. That is the largest share of the electorate favoring Democrats in Post-ABC polls since the mid-1980s. Washington Post
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