ahh but many do
1/3 are onto Bush's games and see some holes in the terror game and loss of personal freedoms, and they're pissed.
1/3 of the US likes letting the govt tell then what to say and do, cause it feels safer and more reassuring.
1/3 of the US doesn't know or doesn't care. And it is obvious that the battle is being fought everyday for those 100M people. You have the media playing airline scares in the UK and you see Bush's approval rating spike up to 42%. But at the same time, you have 100,000 internet CTers spreading the 911 words to anyone who will listen.
The pro-Bush and anti-bush people are usually set in their ways and prefer the blinders. but the 1/3 in the middle are up for grabs
Then there are those who support the president, support the war on terror, support the troops, but still have a healthy distrust of government.
Neither party has clean hands when it comes to the expanded role of government, particularly Democrats. One of the hallmarks of the Democrat party the past couple of decades has been an expanded role of the federal government: taxes, socialized healthcare, etc. Republicans have issues too, e.g., socialized legal system (i.e., "tort reform"), etc.
I was listening to Bush the other day and I still believe he is trying to do what's best for the country. Being a wealthy lame duck, he really has no stake in the decisions he makes, other than doing what he thinks will benefit Americans in the long run. I'm actually glad he's in office.