He can't engage in overtly partisan political domestic squabbles while he is first and foremost tasked to be the CIC for ALL OF US. The American people gain solace in his fitness and temperament to send our kids into peril, protect us from the Bin Laden Traveling Boys Choir, and do the things he needs to do to keep we and ours alive - he can't be getting down into the slime with Daschole, no matter how many liberties those punks are taking with his vulnerability.
He's getting a 15%-20% chunk of the Democrat voting bloc to support him as CIC because of his measured demeanor. That's crucial ... their sons and daughters and family and friends are dying for all of us in Iraq, Afghanistan and all of us are vulnerable to the next attack. Bush provides a large measure of security to most Americans (who aren't mentally ill with hatred for him) so that we can go about our business, emerge from our 9/11 economic and psychological devestation, and rebuild our uniquely American community sense of hope and limitless future.
He's not going to do anything as contentious as appoint recess jurists to the Court of Appeals or force showdowns with Daschele and the soulless vampires of the Seante Democrat caucus. He's not going to do that while we're at War.
All the nitpicking here is absurd.