A Recuperating Duck: George Bush had a pretty good month of May.

The Weekly Standard ^ | 06/05/06 | William Kristol

[peyton randolph]

the Senate managed--contrary to the conventional wisdom of late April--easily to pass a sensible and comprehensive immigration reform bill. And House Republicans now show some signs of coming to realize that talk radio is not always the best source of policy guidance.

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Does anyone really buy this argument by Kristol? He's becoming about as credible as Dick Morris these days.

[okie01]

But on this issue, the Senate managed--contrary to the conventional wisdom of late April--easily to pass a sensible and comprehensive immigration reform bill.

The real world certainly looks strange and mysterious from inside the Beltway.

[bnelson44]

No, he is not a lame duck. Not when he gets his appointees in office and his proposals passed.

[Biblebelter]

Barnes and Kristol prove that anyone who hangs around Washington long enough gets to join the elites.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"...the Senate managed--contrary to the conventional wisdom of late April--easily to pass a sensible and comprehensive immigration reform bill."

"SENSIBLE?" - come on! Me thinks William Kristol has not been paying attention.

"Enough of them may come to realize that passing legislation they regard as flawed would be better than going home to the voters having achieved nothing."

I guess this means that Mr. Kristol finds terrible legislation passed for the sake of arguing "we did something" is better than no legislation. Talk about bad "policy guidance". Well, to hell with that I say.

[Patriot from Philly]

Well, actually, after the NSA USA story broke (I'm starting to forget what it was, they're all blurring together), one conservative blog hinted that Heyden's nomination was dead. Bush got him in and a judge today. Not bad.

But...and this is important. He absolutely has to play this Marine atrocity story right. The media is going to have a field day. He has to connect with the American people and let them know that justice will be done and that the media is irresponsible. Already, Reuters is claiming this story is a "setback" for Bush.

[Patriot from Philly]

Oh, Dick Morris. I remember him predicting that Katrina will turn into a positive for Bush because he would be in charge of giving out the money.

[Darkwolf377]

For the most part he's correct in terms of Bush having a successful month with the economy, appointments. I think in a few months we will see his downward slip in the polls turned around starting in May.

Looking at the whole of his accomplishments lately, Bush is doing well for a lame duck. And the Dems are tripping all over themselves.

[Defiant]

May 2006 will go down as the end of his support from conservatives, his "read my lips" moment. Sure, we may work with him on judicial appoointments and the WOT, but he's no longer viewed in the same light by conservatives. He's no longer trusted, I think would be the best way to express it.

Krystol, as is usual, is not just wrong, the exact opposite of what he writes is what has occurred. I guess we can't expect more of a staunch McCain supporter.

[trubluolyguy]

William Kristol

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Known Rino and Juan McCain supporter.

[ken5050]

What's this about a SCOTUS vacancy in a month? I haven't seen any rumors, have you?

[maxter]

There has got to be something in the water in DC.

[n-tres-ted]

I think we need a good bill rather than no bill, because the 1986 law was not a good one and is not working. The president has known since he was elected in 2000 that to get a bill, it must get through the Senate. He's still pulling for that objective, and we'll see whether he can succeed in getting something that improves what we have now.

[Cyber Liberty]

Kristol liked McCain in 2000. Sez it all.

[Texas_Jarhead]

The Senate bill S.2611 that passed the Senate yesterday is horrible legislation. IMO of course.

[SmoothTalker]

"the Senate managed--contrary to the conventional wisdom of late April--easily to pass a sensible and comprehensive immigration reform bill. "

Horse crap. There is nothing sensable about a bill that doesn't do much to close the border and potentially offers amnesty to millions of criminals.

[elhombrelibre]

We had an extended discussion the other day on here where one person kept insisting that Bush was weak, probably because of the polls. But some success in Iraq can turn it all around quickly, I'd say.

[SIDENET]

But on this issue, the Senate managed--contrary to the conventional wisdom of late April--easily to pass a sensible and comprehensive immigration reform bill.

I stopped reading at this sentence. Kristol is on crack.

[ken5050]

FYI..as discussed