Bush bubble burst by troubled 2005 (BBC) "Bush has become "bubble boy",

Bush bubble burst by troubled 2005

By Matt Frei
BBC News, Washington


President Bush will be glad to see the back of 2005

This time last year the graphic artists at Time Magazine were putting the finishing touches to an oil portrait of President Bush.

Two months after his re-election the picture would grace its cover and celebrate him as the recipient of one of the most eagerly awaited accolades in the US media, the person of the year award (2004): George W Bush, "revolutionary president".

Twelve months later the same man finds himself again on the cover of a magazine.

This time it is Newsweek and the commander in chief looks impish and helpless inside a soap bubble floating over the headline: "Bush's world. The isolated president. Can he change?"

President Bush has become "bubble boy", according to the New York Times, and his revolution seems to have popped.


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