Even if the legacy of President Bush is a more Constitution supporting Supreme Court and some modicum of Democracy introduction in the Middle East, I would still consider that a success.
Perhaps my bar is set too low but I would be happy with the above.
You won't be happy with the above if it's your city that gets hit in the next attack.
I would be too. However, if Bush pushes for and passes a guest worker program, that IMO would severely detract from his accomplishments - because IMO it would make the illegal immigration problem far worse and would also lead to serious GOP losses in this election.
Krauthammer said it well - let's secure the borders first and then talk about what to do with those already here. Bush should table the guest worker proposal for now and get behind border security. His unwillingness to do such is a PR fiasco similar to his threatening to veto any blockage of the Dubai ports deal before he adequately stated his reasons for doing such. It doesn't take a political scientist to realize that any immigration reform is doomed to failure with unsecure borders.