Bush will spend the next two years in legacy bulding mode. This means purging the conservatives, running from Iraq like a scalded dog, declaring amnesty and removing all border controls, otherwise captitulating to the Democrats at every opportunity, and spending like mad. The MSM will bequeath him with a 50% approval rating (65% if he can manage to work in a sex scandal and he departs Washington a hero (to the Left).
Actually, even with a win last week, the President would still be a lame duck in overseas legacy building mode. It's what Ike did, what Reagan did, what Clinton did.
The problem with congress is that they decided to be the amen corner for the lobbyists, the earmarks, the abramoff crooks and it caught up to them.
It wasn't conservatism that failed. It was people that failed. The Bridge to Nowhere, Duke Cunningham's yacht and mansion. Bob Ney's golf trips, exploding the size of government and the debt. Immigration. People need to stop blaming the President for the congress being out of control. It's their own damned fault. They tried to ride Karl Rove one last time and it didn't work. Perhaps now they will realize that they are a branch of government that is supposed to be ethical, and act like it. I want these folks to hold the democratic leadership and the President to the fire when necessary.
An example. We were all gung ho to investigate filegate, whitewater, monica, the christmas card list etc. What happened with the prescription drug bill? We spent more time determining if the Rapist misused his christmas card list than debating a $800 billion entitlement program. That is why we lost. We couldn't fix immigration, but we could squeal like piggies for the pork. The 1994 congress and this last one were like opposites. We deserved to lose. It's a pity, because the dims definately did not deserve to win. Until we recognize it, we will stay in the minority.
Nope. If President Bush REALLY wants a 50-65% approval rating from the MSM, he and Cheney will resign and give us President Pelosi. That would be TRUE bipartisionship!! Anything else will be portrayed as right wing, Rovian madness.