Yep. Just ask Dingy "I killed the Patriot Act" Harry, or Ted "Alito is an extremist" Kennedy, or Russ "Illegal Wiretap" Feingold, or the circulation dept of the anti-war NY Times, or Chuck "it's a quagmire" Hagel who is currently running about 23rd in presidential polling.
Yep, the Prez is all out of bullets.
Alito won because the votes amongst senators, with support from people like us, were there. The idea that Bush alone used his political power to push Alito through, is crazy - if he had that kind of political power, Miers would be on the SCOTUS right now.