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I think people overstate how much Bush was able to get done. What were Bush's major domestic policies? There was the 2001 tax cut, the Medicare prescription drug entitlement, No Child Left Behind, Social Security privatization, Clear Skies Act (which despite its name would have greatly relaxed EPA regulations and allowed more pollution) and immigration reform.
Out of these six things, only three of them (tax cut, Medicare and No Child Left Behind) were able to get through the Congress. The Medicare bill wasn't really all that "conservative" of a policy - it spent $500 billion more on Medicare. No Child Left Behind was written partly by Ted Kennedy. On the tax cut, it was so close he had to use reconciliation.
And the two things Bush tried to do hat would have had a long-term, society changing effect, Social Security privatization and immigration reform, both failed miserably. Now granted, Bush walked around like he had a ten foot dick in his pants and generally didn't give a shit, but he that doesn't mean he was immune to the tendency of controversial laws to die in Congress.