[geoschmo]

I actually suspect that the Bush's second term will be less radical. He really does appear to see himself as the second coming of Reagan. For those that don't remember, Reagan showed a somewhat softer side in his second term. Going as far as working out arms control treaties with the "Evil Empire" U.S.S.R.

Bush's emphasis will be on his "legacy" and to do that he's going to need to be much more of a moderate. He no longer needs to get elected, so he's no longer beholden to the wishes of the religios right-wing of his party or the neo-cons. There is already talk of a cabinet shakeup, perhaps begining as early as this week.

I have doubts about how sucsesful he's going to be in making this transition. He's going to find it hard to earn trust from those on the other side of the aisle after the Last four years. And I don't believe that there are enough moderates in the congress anymore to really get anything substatnial done.