Yea, Reuters sucks and that was one of the most biased news feeds I have read.
However, Bush and the Republicans are in real trouble because Bush has depressed the base. Immigration and spending are the main culprits. The Meirs appointment was the last straw. Yea, the Meirs appointment was reversed and Bush fixed it by appointing "Scalito". But the base had to scream bloody murder before it was reversed. And in the mean time, we were called sexist by the first lady. At that moment, conservatives stopped unconditionally trusting the President. He gets a lot of things right but he proved that he can be just as bad as any other politician. And therefore, can not be trusted.
The Bush administration also did not defend itself when the Democrats attacked it over the Iraq war. There are signs they are finally starting to fight back but its a little late now. How many of us are sick and tired of responding to the "Bush Lied" accusations from liberal co-workers. Why do people such as myself defend the administration more fervently than they defend themselves? Why should we?
In summary, we have a huge problem here. Bush pushing for amnesty for illegals isn't going to fix it either. I, for one, was very happy with Bush's first term. It was a great term and I thought, for the most part, he performed flawlessly. The second term has been fraught with mistakes, most of them political. Its been very disappointing. Like it or not, Bush is now a lame duck President.
Your respectful tirade on your disappointment of the person you blindly trusted brings to mind the old saw:
"Pride goeth before a fall".