Just a question, how many of Obamas supporters are happy with the way he has flip-flopped and hedged concerning the core issues he has campaigned about? With the political capital he gained in the election he should have been able to force through much of his agenda. He is losing his strength, though, by all the mistakes he has made. You can criticizing Bush for the decisions he made, but once he made his decision he stuck to it. He rarely allowed outside pressure dissuade him. Obama seems to want to appease everyone but in the end he will only lose his grip on his power.
It seems Obama wants to be the anti-Bush by rejecting everything Bush did and acting completely opposite of how Bush acted. That is not a way to govern, that is a way to give up your government. Not everything Bush did was wrong. Obama is hurting the country and himself by trying to undo even the good that Bush accomplished.
I think Bush will be seen in a similar way to Richard Nixon, a good leader that made a few bad decisions. Unfortunately, the bad decisions they both made were really bad. Without the specter of Watergate, Nixon would probably be considered one of the top ten presidents of all time. With Watergate, Nixon is closer to the middle of the pack. Bush will be in the same place 30 years from now.
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