[dforest]

Bush has never pushed making the tax cuts permanent as he said he would. No doubt because of his stance on illegal immigration.

His attempt at SS reform was weak and he gave up on it quickly...too quick, without much of a fight.

As far as the SCOTUS nominations, if it wasn’t for conservatives, we would have Harriet instead of Alito.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

On the tax cuts, it was Republicans in the Senate that were responsible for that failure. The POTUS went all over the country to pitch his SS plan for months and was told by the Senate that it was DOA. If a guy ain't got the votes it is pointless to continue.

I would agree with you on Miers. But, God works in mysterious ways. Ike thought that Justice William Brennan was a conservative Catholic when he nominated him for the court and many agreed with him. Little did he know how he would vote on the Court.

[driftless2]

"Bush"

You can argue certain points about his record, but why quibble about what he's achieved? The fact is we do have tax cuts which certainly would never have happened under Gore or Kerry and probably not under a bunch of Rinos. We've had the fight against terror, tax cuts, conservative justices, attempt at social security reform, the faith-based initiatives, and many on this forum call him a liberal as if any liberal or Dem would have attempted or achieved what Bush has. It's ridiculous.

Apparently many people on this forum have the all or none attitude towards Bush. If they find fault with one part of his program (like his immigration reform bill which went down to a well deserved defeat), they condemn him entirely and forget the good he's achieved.