[BushPolicy]

I agree that here and there he's done some things that I don't like, but with his leadership in the War on Terrorism, he will go down in history as a great president, and we have to keep in mind that history judges on a much different scale that contemporary politics. Lincoln wasn't popular, neither was FDR. It's not ridiculous to say President Bush will go down as a great President. Is he better than Reagan? That's a judgment call.

[zarf]

Reagan embodied a movement; a sea change in the political landscape. Reagan was bigger than his presidency, which I thought was superb in the first term and dead in the water in the second term. Reagan's high tailing it out of Lebanon after the killing of the Marines is his great shame.

Bush is unique in that history will judge his effectiveness by the implementation and effectiveness of his vision. Bush's vision, unfortunately will be at the mercy of his predecessors. For example, Bush's long term policies could be seriously deformed by the self involved narcissism of another Clinton administration.

[caryatid]

Is he better than Reagan?

We might have to wait a while until we can compare GWBush's funeral to that of President Reagan ... to see what sort of outpouring of .... well, whatever ...

In the meantime, we can all remember our great President Ronald Reagan ...

[c-b 1]

I agree that here and there he's done some things that I don't like, but with his leadership in the War on Terrorism, he will go down in history as a great president,

The President's open border policy makes his "War on Terrorism," kind of hard to swallow when you live just inside the open back door. When he called the Minutemen "vigilantes," he made it pretty clear he has no desire to stop terrorists, or anyone else from coming across the border.