ote according to the Time/CNN poll. George W. Bush had matured a lot form his past and has impressed enough people in high places to earn the most money in the shortest amount of time ever in an United States presidential campaign according to June 30,1999 edition of the Corpus Christi Caller Times. According to the Caller Times Bush had earned $20 million in just four months leading up to his GOP nomination. Fortunate for Bush he had made a connection with many Americans and not including those who know nothing about him most like him. For Bush supporters it is not the “name brand” that they believe that won him the Presidency, it is the values and policies he stands for. As Bush came out of the bitter fight for the Presidency he is ready to unite the nation and take his role as leader. President-elect Bush knows that his Presidency has been tainted with the Florida and Supreme Court battles and he must make concessions to be an effective leader. Bush’s top priorities as President are education, health care and health care reform, Social Security, and the budget and tax cuts. The President-elect plans for decentralizing government spills over to privatizing Social Security and parts of national health care. Bush keeps pushing to use the budget surplus for tax cuts and will most likely try to push a tax cut at the beginning of his term. The rough economic times that have befallen on America will serve as a proving ground for George Bush. The new President will have to forge an economic plan that will better the economy and provide Americans with a sense of safety that was always their with President Clinton. The Cabinet positions that Bush has appointed so far have been labeled savvy and politically sensitive. Following the playbook of Clinton, Bush has selected an ethnic and gender array of people for Cabinet positions. The appointments for Bush’s Cabinet include:Chief of StaffBush has chosen Andrew Card, a l...
