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Bottom line: When interest groups support both political parties canidates with money at the same time...Democracy loses...

I am generally a Bush Supporter...I think he was a better choich than Al Gore...certainly a better choich in light of 911. Look at the choichs of people in positions of responsibility in his Administration...even if you don't like their personal politics you have to admit they have experience and are tough cookies (Colin Powell, D Rumsfield, Condeleza Rice). Who would Al Gore have as Secratary of State Warren Christopher? I think ole GW has done a remarkable job in his handling of American Foreign Policy...not that he hasn't made blunders...stupid mistakes if you will....but here is the key...HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT HIS COURSE ONCE IT BECOMES OBVIOUS A POLICY ISN'T WORKING... Many of the previous holders of his office havn't been able to do that.... Hoover, LBJ to name 2 in the 20th century that have been in perlious times for the US.

Another player no one here even takes in account here is the Federal Bureaucracy... Federal Bureaucracy is practically immune to Executive or Congressional Policy...it takes 6 months to a year for Policy to be implemented.

I tend to believe that no matter who the President is the Federal Bureaucracy would be dictating policy to the President. After 911 the Join Chiefs of Staff, Secrataries of Defense, State, Treasury, Directors of the FBI, CIA, NSA would have come to ANY sitting President and said it is our varied consenus that this is what needs to be done to preserve the integrity of the US. If you don't do this your...we're cooked. In that sense the President has no choich but to act... or suffer the wrath of the Bureaucracy which can amount to as little as not being able to get TP to the White House to out right elimination JFK style.