The Bush Legacy

Things are not looking good for Bush. His poll numbers are at an absolute low. You got a mess in Iraq which shows no signs of getting any better. Republicans are fighting him and themselves over just about everything. Not much good news to be had.

Bush has a couple of years to go. His legacy, over all other things, is going to be Iraq. I am not sure that we'll be able to judge that legacy for a while. If the situation stays as it is currently, then it will go down as one of the biggest debacles in presidential decision-making history. Right now, that's what it looks like.

However, we'll have to wait this one out. If things DO change, and democracy does indeed take hold, then this will go down as one of the most influential presidential decisions in history. If things do turn and Iraq stabilizes, you are going to have a full-fledged chorus of lawmakers trying to posture themselves how they were for the war all along.

I don't know if this will happen or not, but for those that are already passing judgment based on the current situation, it's too soon. At this point, it would be easy to say that history is going to be extremely unkind to Bush. That could still be the case, but time will tell.