Bush has pissed off a whole lotta people. He spent beltway pork before the Reps or Dems got a chance to spend it. He pissed off the Euro ministers by not trying to curtail Greenspan from over-pumping the money supply, thus disabling Europe to compete with their restrictive labor and welfare laws. The Dems are also pissed off because the deficit is declining due to US growth.
Bush was never caught in the "We'll fix it" Washington establishment politics.. I mean that the stupid cowboy goes home or retreats to Camp David on weekends. That means the "faces" don't get to go to those preidential state dinners where
PR pics and statements get written up in the newspapers. Worse is that most of the whole Senate is "establishment", along with lobbyists, lawyers, consultants, and the press. Not only is he tossing out the political pros in the State Dept & CIA, but the Washington Post & NY Times can't "fix it". It gets worse still. He's sent his staff to take over Cabinet posts. Poor Mr Powell was the last significant "establishment" mouth in DC. And what did that disrespectful Bush do? He tossed Powell out at the first chance. Thus denying him the chance to close up "loose ends" at the State Dept. Just because Powell disagreed with Bush on every issue is no reason for that to happen. Poor Mr Establishment.
Bush is so stupid that he flaunts confidence. He really thinks he'll be successful in his second term. He doesn't even care that the "establishment" is being threatened by his actions. Bush is reaching farther than Reagan.. dam that cowboy.