Easy turbo: I'm in no way defending Bush's domestic policy, or saying he's done nothing wrong. You had said,

If Bush can swing Social Security reform, I might give him a look -- but so far he's given me nothing but soft soap tax cuts (ahem, maybe some tax reform, please?) and Democrat-lite rhetoric.

I was merely trying to see if fighting the environmental left (just as important a domestic issue as any, for my money) with an aggressive policy that banished their junk science from the debate, would allow you to consider voting Republican, as you say you might if Bush pulled off major SS reform. To me, the environment is an issue there can be a major victory on; there have already been some minor ones, as you note.

I've recently put a lot of study into the education issue, and am a major advocate for privatized education. I also recently risked life and grade by challenging the dean of my business school (a Nucor Steel board member) on the issue of steel subsidies. I agree that Bush not only dropped the ball on both issues, but probably put the education and free trade movements back a step. It was also his administration's sell out brief to the Supreme Court in the Grutter case that has gotten us an endorsement of discrimination. And, war supporter or not, there are legitimate questions about his foreign policy/diplomacy tactics. I know that when the election comes around we'll have the age old "lesser of two evils/wasted vote" debate, so I'm trying to find out what policies Bush could engage that (being a weak-tea conservative at best) he might actually put on the table. Or have you written him off altogether?