Holding Bush's feet to the fire

I don't like the fact that I had to write that headline, but while Bush's war leadership has been fairly admirable, his conservatism has begun to look more like his Dad's than Ronald Reagan's. Bush made a promise to his voters that his judicial nominees would be constructionists. It is dubious to say that Alberto Gonzales will be a constructionist, and the rumors have him not only being nominated as a justice, but as Chief Justice. Bush voters must hold his feet to the fire on this promise. If he goes back on it, it will be his "read my lips". Fortunately for him, he will have gone back on his promise in the second term rather than the first term like his father. But in this instance, he will not only find himself a lame duck, he will find himself as ineffectual as a dead duck. His only political capital will be in giving Democrats whatever they want, because Congressional Republicans will be 'moving on' to their own agendas.