Isn't it, at some point, Bush's job to corral the GOPers in the Senate, argue his policies to the American people and effectively combat the liberal media? He isn't doing enough if all he's doing is riding his bike waiting to wreck. He has the numbers in the Senate and the House and he has the damn Presidency, why doesn't he act like it?
(Too bad he stays within his constitutional limits instead, huh??)
"Isn't it, at some point, Bush's job to corral the GOPers in the Senate, argue his policies to the American people and effectively combat the liberal media? He isn't doing enough if all he's doing is riding his bike waiting to wreck."
Yes, and I agree with you that he's falling far short of doing that job well.
"He has the numbers in the Senate and the House and he has the damn Presidency, why doesn't he act like it?"
I suspect to some extent it's because he doesn't have the numbers in the Senate.
There are too many RINOs in the Senate who won't support him on his policy. I'm throughly disgusted with my two "Republican" Senators from Ohio who are among those that don't appear to be supporting Bush.
Bush really needs to pin them down and make them squirm in front of the voters in Ohio because too many Ohioans are just voting Republican and aren't realizing that our State party keeps giving it's support to RINOs and not Republicans.
Between Voinovich's actions on Bolton and DeWine selling out on the judicial nominees, Republicans in Ohio are starting to wake up to how bad our state republican party has become, and donations are way down.
Bush needs to keep the pressure on them. Their actions need to be exposed to the average Ohioan, so we can build support for making them represent our views, or throw them out of office.
Personally I think Bush needs to call an emergency session of Congress and make the Senate the senate consider all his nominees. They can filibuster all they want, but don't let them end the session and go home until they vote.
He has the authority granted to him by the Constitution, he needs to use it.
Then we the voters need to make it so that incumbents that aren't representing their voters start fearing primaries because we hold them accountable for their actions rather than falling in line when the party chairman endourses a candidate.