Many Democrats are bemused into friendliness towards a man they so snootily dismissed last fall. He hugs them, slaps them on the back, gives them nicknames. The boss had many a pet name for them by his second year in office. Moreover, most know that education is in trouble. They will support most of Bush II's reforms, and no Democrat pleading for the status quo has a chance against the president.
Tax cuts are only controversial where rich liberals dwell.
Everyone else yearns for them and most even understand their value to a weakening economy. Faith-based services provide service first. That is what will fetch the average American. The church-state issues are secondary and highly contrived. Again, only rich liberals will be terribly exercised over it.