President Bush isn't going to have a honeymoon period as the Democrats are already planning to file frivolous lawsuits but the bushel basket . Also you can bank on the Democrats doing everything they possibly can to stop anything that The President needs to get done even if it costs lives of service members in the WOT.
There always is a honeymoon period to give the country a break...That's how bush got his tax cuts passed...I predict that Rheinquist will retire almost immediately after the elections to give Bush a chance to put whomever he wants on the bench...or at least that's what I would do if I were the Chief Justice...