Can you imagine Bush or really ANY Republican WANTING a meaningful debate on a complex subject?
The only "debate" they want to have is to go on "friendly media" (Fox or whatever) and bark a bunch of misleading sound bites. In depth discussions? REPUBLICANS? They just don't "do" complicated. Or reality either, for that matter. The decider decides because he's the decider and it's his job to "do the right thing." And that's IT. That's how it was on every important policy issue in the long, dark Bush era.
I'm really proud of the President today.