Now, what I should be doing is some research. I should snoop around on the insightful blogs I'm aware, digest their perspective, see if I have anything to add, and then write about it.
But it seems so friggin' obvious. What president can hope to do well politically when he's promoting a war that he doesn't seem to be winning? Do these guys really think that voters will generously overlook the realities of a failing strategy (be the cause every so worthy) because this small (and shrinking) clique clustered around the Potomac want us to trust them?
To be honest, I'm amazed that the goodwill to Bush has lasted this long. It's hard to think of any line of policy that's been successful. He can try to take credit for the economy, but a) it's not so strong as to make anybody that reassured, and b) libertarians wouldn't give anyone credit for it; and liberals certainly wouldn't give it to Bush. Other than that, I seem to remember just a lot of complaining about other people - the environmentalists, the pro-choice activists, the LGBT activists, activist judges, the cut-and-run activists.
For all the talk of accountability, it seems that a fully Republican government isn't capable of actually accomplishing or agreeing about much; or really being in favor of anything but vague, self-evident rhetoric about values and patriotism.
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