Bush has established a Cabinet that looks like he won in a walk, as if Gore didn't win half a million votes more. The governing strategy seems to be almost indifferent to the election results, almost belligerently so. Democrat Marshall is also unsure of what a Republican Third Way will be. Marshall suggests there are opportunities for Bush to carve out a Third Way, in setting national education standards, for example, or finding new roles for faith-based institutions. Ambiguity is just fine with Winston.
People are a lot more aware.
They are able to evaluate better. And what they want is effective government. And what they don't want is ideology. The last thing Bush needs is a fight like that to start off his term. But an ideological fight may be exactly what he gets, according to Yale's Skowronek, especially if Bush reverts to mainstream Republicanism.