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The article discusses the implications of the position of the intellectuals of the John Randolph Club on several political and social issues for the political campaigns of Republican presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan in 1992. It deals with the concern that the opinions of the intellectuals on the issue of free trade would affect the credibility of Buchanan against President George W. Bush. It argues against the notion that Buchanan is a protectionist due to the fact that he performs well on the issue than Bush.

The article focuses on criticisms received by U.S. President George Bush in relation to his decision to attend the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One example of this Bush-bashing was at his Rose Garden ceremony celebrating the moratorium on regulation announced in his State of the Union address. After his speech, Fred Krupp, executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund, accused him of holding hostage the protection of the environment and public health to politics. This might happen in Rio but on an international scale. It implies how President Bush is setting himself up for further criticisms.

The article describes the re-election campaign of U.S. President George Bush as schizophrenic. Supporters of President Bush took pains to get the message to the media that the President won the Republican Party primary in New Hampshire when in fact it was commentator Patrick Buchanan who won the primary. Supporters of President Bush are commendable for their efforts to get him reelected. But they will be better able to achieve their goal if they will start accepting the hard facts about their campaigns and do something brilliant to enhance the declining popularity of President Bush.

This article comments on the achievements gained by U.S. President George Bush in his state visit to Japan in 1992. The trip, which was originally planned for December 1991, was cancelled after Democrat politicians raised their concerns on the time spent by Bush abroad. Executives from the automobile industry accompanied the president in his trip with an aim to improve trade relations with Japan. It is suggested that if Bush were interested in opening markets, he would spend his time to try to forge free-trade agreements with Eastern Europe, help pressure the negotiations on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in the right direction and protect the New World Order.

This article comments on the performance of U.S. President George Bush as of December 16, 1991. With the U.S. citizens worried about keeping their jobs, maintaining the value of their homes, and not losing their health insurance, public wrath against the tax-and-spend Congress is at an all-time high--precisely why Republicans were asking Bush to go on the attack. Instead, the Gang of Three--Office of Management and Budget Director Richard Darman, Chief of Staff John Sununu, and Treasury Secretary Nick Brady--held firm, making the President appear as if he doesn't give a damn about ordinary U.S. citizens. In fairness to the President, some of the most vocal tax-cutters on the Hill are fair-weather friends. Bush's great fear is that even if he sends up a good package, what he will get back from the Democratic-dominated Congress is something like this: capital-gains-tax cut watered down to nothing, a millionaire's tax, and a new tax bracket of 38 percent for, say, incomes of 90,000 dollars and above, all in exchange for some token cuts in the middle brackets and more spending. In such a case, Bush knows a number of Republicans cannot be counted on to hold the line. The worry is legitimate, but Bush underestimates his owns strengths; this gloomy scenario assumes a president unable to shape the public debate. Whether or not the economy is improving next fall won't mean a thing for Bush's re-election if the voters don't feel it.