Froomkin: Put a Fork in Him

from White House Watch: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/06/29/BL2007062901157_pf.html

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, June 29, 2007; 1:10 PM

President Bush's last, best chance to achieve any significant legislative victory in the twilight of his presidency died yesterday in the Senate, killed by members of his own party.

Bush's proposal to overhaul the nation's immigration policy fell 14 votes short of the 60-vote filibuster-proof majority that White House officials had assured reporters was well in hand. Three out of four Republican senators ultimately turned against their party's erstwhile leader.

Visibly shaken after yesterday's rejection, Bush appears to have little to look forward to in the last 19 months of his presidency.

Ron Hutcheson writes for McClatchy Newspapers: "The Senate's rejection Thursday of President Bush's immigration plan was the latest in a series of embarrassments that have exposed Bush's political weakness and shaken his hold on power. . . .
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/whitehouse/story/17469.html

"'It's the incredible shrinking presidency. He's lost battles in the courts. He's lost battles in Iraq. He's lost battles on Capitol Hill,' said Paul Light, a professor of public service at New York University.

"'His bank account is empty and there's nowhere to go for more. I think his presidency is essentially over.'"

Susan Page writes for USA Today: "The agenda during the final 18 months of his tenure is no longer Bush's to shape. . . .
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070629/a_immiganalysis29.art.htm

"Presidential scholar Fred Greenstein of Princeton says Bush's situation reminds him of 'the ragged ends of a whole collection of modern presidencies,' including Richard Nixon amid Watergate and Lyndon Johnson during Vietnam . . .

Ben Feller writes for the Associated Press: "President Bush likes big ideas. Yet his second term shows the risk -- big collapses. . . .
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_what_s_next_4

Julie Mason blogs for the Houston Chronicle:
"Talk about tostado. You know, spending as much time with Bush as we do, a certain myopia can creep in. Sometimes it seems like he's not totally irrelevant and that he does have some power, somewhere. They liked him in Kansas recently . . .
http://blogs.chron.com/beltwayconfidential/2007/06/ouchie.html



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/06/29/BL2007062901157_pf.html

so richly deserves! :D

oh, poor georgie


:evilgrin:

:spray::rofl::bounce::toast::nopity::kick:

the fucker can rot for all I care

he could be dead like those 3576 soldiers who died in Iraq for his lies.

oh, you mean for Bushie? Well, they do say that all drunks have a death wish--desire for punishment.