Letting the clock run out on Bush

President Bush had never looked as insignificant as he did yesterday after the immigration bill was defeated -- not just because of what he said, but because no one was listening.  Usually when you are President, you can use the daily media attention that you receive as a vehicle to influence Congress.  Not this President.  He could not even get his own party to support a bill largely championed by Democrats.

Standing at a podium, obviously upset at the result, Bush said, "A lot of us worked hard to see if we could find common ground.  It didn't work."

Time is definitely running out on the Bush presidency.  Even his Republican Party is ready to move on.  A scholar at Princeton University put it well:

"Sand is flowing out of the hourglass," said Fred I. Greenstein, a Princeton University scholar on the presidency, who was struck by the gloomy tone of Bush'stelevised statement. "He looked much less like the kid on the cover ofMad magazine without a care. . . . He looked very angry and almosthaving difficulty getting the sentences out. That seems to me tocontrast with some of the early stages" of his presidency.

Between now and January of 2009, it is hard to believe Bush will accomplish anything other than fending off a few congressional investigations.  Congress will likely restrain the President's ability to wage war in Iraq.  The Supreme Court is forcing his EPA to regulate greenhouse emissions.  Even his former cabinet members oppose renewing No Child Left Behind.  The sky is falling on the Bush presidency.  The country is ready to move on.

This is what Bush gets for following Karl Rove's 51% strategy, instead of bringing the country together. 

Comments

[granny]

Better get going on those articles of Impeachment, then! Time's a wastin'!