[kesg]

I also fully agree with Laura. Bush looks strong now, but there are many reasons to think that lots can change for the worse in the next sixteen months. Laura covers many of these reasons.

[DLfromthedesert]

I live in Tucson, and I am furious about the lack of urgency with the immigration problem.

American citizens are practically strip-searched at airports, but our borders remain wide open.

If I'm going to work hard to get this President re-elected, I want to be sure that he's not just giving us lip service on important issues, like U.S. sovereignty.

[KC_Conspirator]

Why? Consider the response President--no, candidate--George Bush gave recently when a reporter pressed him on whether he supported amending the Constitution to ban gay marriage: "I don't know if it's necessary yet. Let's let the lawyers look at the full ramifications of the recent Supreme Court hearing. What I do support is the notion that marriage is between a man and a woman."

What do you expect? For him to rant and rave about how outrageous this decision is? He is the president for crying out loud. Leave the outrage on matters like that to talking heads, pundits, and activists. Hey, I am all for a Constitutional ban on gay marraige (if you can call it that), but I don't expect Bush to lead the charge and he can't help with Supreme Court judges who were put on the bench by someone else.

However, I am a little disgruntled on many issues that Bush is passing; like the spending on education bill, farm bill, and prescription drugs. The economy also needs fixing or its going to fix him in the election.