[beckysueb]

In a way I guess if we are going to blame Bush, we could take some of the blame on ourselves. When we had the WH, Congress and Senate, we were so comfortable, we didn’t hold their feet to the fire.

[ejdrapes]

George W Bush was rock solid on the war. Conservatives got content because our focus was all about prosecuting the war on terror. And as long as GWB was strong on the WOT, other things were exucsed.

Of course it's not all about Bush - a lot of blame can be placed on congress too. But Bush didn't use the bully pulpit enough to push for reform on domestic issues. The one thing outside of the war he was passionate about was amnesty.