NOTE: Gorege W. Bush Jr's astrological sun sign chart is the same as the sun chart of the USA. He could well be a shoo-in, astrologically speaking. (Of course, the conscious minds of USA voters could overcome that, if they wish to.) Dubya: The USA's first cosmic President.......Put that spin on this report from the UK - Alfred Webre Bush plays video golf as votes swing his way By Mark Steyn UK Telegraph - 4/28/00 'WHAT happened to that guy Dubya?" I asked my assistant. "Nice fellow. Running for president. Used to see him round these parts from time to time." "Don't worry," she said. "We're on his email list. I got one only the other week." Hey, he sent an email only the other week. When Steve Forbes was running for president, your fax machine would be out of paper before breakfast. But Dubya's been off the radar screen since he wrapped up the nomination, though he emerged briefly on April 8 to thank Kansas Republicans for voting for him in their primary. In fact, the state cancelled its primary. Dubya didn't notice Kansas Republicans hadn't voted for him, and Kansas Republicans didn't notice he'd thanked them for their non-existent support: it's a perfect relationship. He was back this week, interrupting a round of video golf to protest about Al Gore's attacks on his tax proposals. "I would hope that this is a campaign of ideas, but I understand I'm running against a person who is so anxious to become president he will do whatever it takes," he said. The Washington Post deplored this descent into "personal criticism" and wondered whether it was consistent with Governor Bush's "vow to stay above the partisan fray". Hang on a minute. What kind of presidential candidate vows to "stay above the partisan fray"? And isn't a person running for president supposed to do "whatever it takes"? But that's not the Bush style. After Super Tuesday, he decided that the American people didn't want a presidential candidate who was "in your face" offering opinions on every subject under the sun. Since then, the American people's collective face has not had Dubya in it, nearby it, or even within a day's drive from it. And some senior Republicans are beginning to wonder whether Mr Bush, if not prepared to do "whatever it takes", might at least be willing to do one or two of the things it takes, such as getting into the news occasionally. Of course, he is the governor of one of the biggest states in the Union. According to the New York Times, he gets to the office at 8.30am and stays till 5.30pm. According to Texas Monthly, he "takes private time from 11.40am to 1.30pm, when he runs three to five miles at the University of Texas track at a pace of seven-and-a-half minutes a mile, and afterwards he might play video golf or computer solitaire until three . . ." A gruelling nine-hour day with two hours off for personal fitness and 90 minutes for computer games: is there no end to the man's stamina? Dubya has the kind of daily routine that even a Seventies British Leyland shop steward might find insufficiently taxing. But the governor's attitude these days is take it or leave it. Six months ago, he was trying to make a good impression: asked what books he was reading, he said a biography of Dean Acheson, the former secretary of state. Appearing at a grade school the other day, he was asked what book he had most enjoyed as a child: he said he could not remember any. John McCain was supposed to be the straightforward candidate, but in his own way he was as shameless a panderer as Clinton and Gore. Dubya is almost insanely honest: why couldn't he just pretend it was Huckleberry Finn? But, if he doesn't have a favourite book, he does have a favourite film: Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me. Well, he gets my vote. A man who wants to play video golf all afternoon and watch Austin Powers at night is about the least dangerous president you could imagine. But, while inertia may be desirable in office, it's not usually helpful when you're running for it. Yet once again Dubya's turned conventional wisdom on its head. During the primary season, when he was on television non-stop, his numbers plummeted. Since he disappeared, they've rebounded spectacularly. He's tied with Gore among female voters, and has a commanding 17 point lead among male voters. Gore has a solid lead over Bush in New York, Illinois, three small states and the District of Columbia. Bush has a solid lead in 20 states, leads Gore in another six, and in 14 toss-up states has a slight edge in nine. On primary night in California, the pundits said Bush had no chance of taking the state in November. Now he leads Gore 37 per cent to 36 per cent. When he was campaigning throughout the state, people thought he was whiney, smirky, annoying. 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