When it comes to this stuff, Bush is becoming a self inflicted wound.
Truly.
He opens himself up to the conventional wisdom that was chic during the Carter Years-- the CW was that the Presidency was too big a job for one man. But Reagan proved them wrong. Reagan's midwestern resoluteness and California optimism made him great. Bush, despite all the Texas language, is a New Englander at heart.
He should be the able, solitary hero on this. When the President is big, the demands of the job seem small.
The President should go big and send Clinton home. If he was going to have any politico help, he should've picked Giuliani.