“But he’s too inept to do even that. How history will judge him is entirely dependent on who writes the history, but in my book he’s a failure.”
Let me add something to your thoughtful comments.
Let Bush make another mistake like Harriet Miers, Katrina, The Dubia Ports Deal etc and he will drop into the same tier as Jimmy Carter.
History will not judge him on Harriet Miers or anything that didn’t have lasting consequences.
Dozens of bad Supreme Court nominations have been made; who talks about them today?