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butterbean · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2271

WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush was to leave for Europe on Monday uncertain of the Washington he will return to, or even his place in it.

Certainly the pressure is on for Bush to save a presidency mired in low poll ratings, an unpopular war and with few domestic accomplishments. And the moment would seem to call for something dramatic.

But official Washington is unsure of which way Bush may go in trying to salvage his legacy. Will he continue on as if nothing has changed, pursuing conservative policies he believes history will smile upon later, even if it means getting nothing past a Democratic Congress here and now? Or will he move to the political center and seek deals with Democrats that will sour conservatives, but leave him with a longer list of accomplishments when he leaves office?

As his top aides meet to plan their first moves of the new year with a new Congress - focusing acutely on his State of the Union address - Bush seems to be hemmed in from both sides.
For all of their talk about bipartisanship, the Democrats have fresh memories of six years of presidential attacks painting them as "wrong on taxes" and "weak on defense." Already they are talking about investigations into his domestic wiretapping and terrorist-detainee programs.

The president's own party remains angry with him for his handling of the war, the delayed removal of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the low presidential approval ratings that contributed to this fall's Republican wipeout.

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The Fox · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 112

Ah...the chickens come home to roost!! Did he truly believe he could ignore the will of the people, endanger this nation, send us to war without bothering to equip the military properly and not suffer any consequences?? Just those outrages alone should have seen him impeached...and finally finally finally the republicans see that.

Don't they?

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