IS BUSH CONSERVATIVE?

It's difficult to discern just what Bush stands for if it's anything more than his own twisted vision of good-versus-evil, as this article in The Nation suggests.

"Historically, conservatism in the United States has meant support for small government, balanced budgets, fiscal prudence and great skepticism about overseas adventures," notes Clyde Prestowitz, a former Reagan Administration official who back in the 1960s was among the young Republicans supporting Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, a conservative standard-bearer. "What I see now is an Administration that's not for any of these things."