President Bush faces second term blues

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4628377.stm

President Bush faces second term blues

By James Coomarasamy
BBC News, Washington



When President George Bush famously said on the day after his re-election that he had earned political capital and was now going to spend it, he was already succumbing to that classic second-term delusion of infallibility.

With approval ratings at their lowest level of the presidency - over the situation in Iraq and an unpopular domestic agenda - it may be that Mr Bush had earned less capital than he thought.

He has encountered unexpected cross-party resistance over some controversial nominations, such as John Bolton's for UN ambassador, in a Republican-held Congress unwilling to roll over.

"The Republicans in Congress privately are quite critical of the Bush White House for the way he's dealt with Congress," says Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank.

"He's dealt with Congress as if he were the CEO and they are the worker bees."

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[niceypoo]

1. Good

Hell awaits him. Bush will spend eternity in hell blowing saddam

[Gothmog]

2. Oh cry me a river

I have no sympathy for Bush. He brought this on himself and deserves whatever he gets.