[goldstategop]

John Podhoretz is right something got broken on Election Night in 2004. He doesn't spell it out so allow me to offer my own theory. Once the President was re-elected, he allowed his sure political instincts to desert him now that he no longer had to worry about facing the voters again. He became convinced of his own rightness and this led to hubris. Its like watching a Greek Tragedy being played out. Ironically, the President might have stood a better chance if he had pushed to reform Social Security. He never tried hard enough and its an opportunity really gone. Bush could have had a good immigration bill had he sounded out the party and the base on a consensus approach and gone from their. Maybe the Democrats would have rejected it. We will know if an enforcement only approach could have worked. The President is a decent man but I think politically, he can be too dense at times. That's why things haven't gone for him in his second term the way he'd hoped, both as a party builder and statesman.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[TaxxMann]

“the President might have stood a better chance if he had pushed to reform Social Security. He never tried hard enough and its an opportunity really gone. “
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I think in some twisted way, he thought the amnesty of the 25 million illegal aliens would FIX the SS problem.

BWHAHAHAHAHAHA

[bcsco]

The President is a decent man but I think politically, he can be too dense at times. That's why things haven't gone for him in his second term the way he'd hoped, both as a party builder and statesman.

Let's not forget one important point; the absolute failure of his advisers such as Karl Rove. He was one of the architects of this debacle, and part of Bush's failure was giving Rove too much credence. But I agree, Bush's main fault was in allowing his dream of Hispanic assimilation to control him.

Don Quixote was supposedly a fine man; just one with an "Impossible Dream". The GOP has its own Don Quixote.

[1Old Pro]

President might have stood a better chance if he had pushed to reform Social Security. He never tried hard enough and its an opportunity really gone

Agreed, hosever we must also blame the gutless GOPers in Congress who were afraid to reform SS.

[sonic109]

The left has something on him , that’s all I can think of. Just look at how he’s backed down every time they attacked him. Too many weird things , working with Kennedy , letting Sandy Berger go , something is not right with this picture.

[OldArmy52]

Bush allowing Kennedy to write his immigration bill for him showed the Base who’s side Bush was on.

Bush ready to switch Parties yet?