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Already the Bush vision is for a single North American country, one big cultural, economic union. They seem to be bent on the policies that will bring it about. They almost seem to want it, which is why traditional Republicans take up the cause of sovereignty, and Democrats take up the cause of protectionism, while the die is already cast. Someone should write a book about the secret Presidency of George Bush, and how economic collapse is the gateway to his vision.