ABSTRACT
As the sun came up, George W. Bush’s visitor from the cluttered East could see more clearly that there was only one thing on every horizon: more horizon. Soon, indeed, ahead of time–he hates being late–he was in the offices of the local newspaper, the Midland Reporter-Telegram, outlining with disciplined passion his plans and dreams for Texas. In America, the old statist left naturally led to the uncaring far right. He sees America moving from the left’s “oligopoly system,” where huge centralized bureaucracies run everything in a gray and suffocating sameness, to an America more symbolized by the “cottage industry” concept, where flexibility is the key and one size doesn’t begin to fit all. Finally, the governor is “redefining the mission,” offering exactly the opposite vision from Bill Clinton and his style of Democrats. Essentially, he has won so big in Texas and is so well-liked by all strata because he refuses to divide.
