[Sabertooth]

I'm a fairly pragmatic person and realize there will probably never be a President who is in perfect lockstep with my personal political agenda. W and I aren't in sync on this one, but I'm not throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Pragmatism's fine, but let me ask you a couple of questions...

Is there no way Bush could lose your vote? No position he could take where you just say "nuts to that?"

If not, if you vote is totally in the bag for him, what leverage do you have? He can ignore you and still get your vote.

Speaking for myself, I'm opposed to much of Bush's domestic agenda as outlined in his State of the Union address. I'm very opposed to his fetish for Mexico. My vote was in the bank for him, then it became his to lose. Still is, for now. But it's shakey.

California can't take another Amnesty. If he pulls that, he loses my vote.

[Lower55]

And Gore will be very happy to have you on his side.

[McLynnan]

Sure he could lose my vote if he went off the deep end, but I don't see that happening. His Mexico policy came as no big surprise to me since I'd watched him as Governor. Like California, Texas needs another amnesty like we need a hole in the head. In general I'm very pleased with him, but not in this matter. I'm one of those nuts that would like to build a big fence on the border with some strict rules.

[dsutah]

I realize that you don't go along with him in many things, domestically. Well I respect your right to do that. But I have a question about your opposition to his domestic agenda. Are you against tax cuts? Or military spending? How about his judges, which have never been approved, because of some Congresspersons' endless opposition? Are you against everything he tries to do domestically? I believe that there are many things he would like to get going, but some people in Congress fight him tooth and nail.

I know he makes some people nervous on some things. I don't always understand his stands on some things, at least yet. But I'm aware that he may have facts that I don't have. Or that he may want to try a new approach to a problem that seems unorthodox.

So because he's a decent person, and well-meaning, and his knack of getting many people to work together, I'm willing to give him time to see if he can get as much of his campaign agenda passed as he can. We must be aware that there are going to be some items he campaigned on, that will take awhile to go through, if ever.