James Joyner over at OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY raises an interesting question.
Reading various commentaries on President Bush, there seem to be two mutually exclusive opinions floating around:
* He’s in danger of losing his base because he does not fight hard enough for conservative principles and is willing to compromise on damned near anything.
* He’s energizing his opponents and driving away moderates in droves because he is a right wing ideologue who refuses to make even the slightest concession to achieve consensus.
Which is it? It can’t be both, can it?
I see Calpundit asking the same question.
Funny thing is, I was asking the same questions over a two years ago.
The conclusion I made back then still holds: W is a moderate, as was his father.