The Page – by Mark Halperin – TIME – Republicans lashing out at Bush over Big Three bailout.
This is a late night reminder of sorts for me to think about this later, but it seems odd to me that Bush is pissing off his own party — and the powerful ones in it, at that — while he’s a lame duck rather than being 100% strong partisan. There’s been a change in Bush since Rumsfeld and Rove left and Cheney became less of an influence–he’s taken to admitting mistakes nearly twice in a blue moon and even blaming the economic crisis on himself, which is slightly harsh and hard to prove (reasonable doubt as a benchmark).
I don’t know the historical lame-duck moves. I know Clinton went a little wild on pardons (eww) and conservation (yay!) but I don’t know about policy in general (Bush has actually been ramrodding new environmental regs that SUCK in his last days). Maybe it’s just that Republicans don’t have to pretend to like him anymore now that he’s only a month (HOLY SHIT) from the end of his presidency.
I still don’t like him. But I still wouldn’t throw a shoe at him. Maybe a brick wrapped in the Constitution, though.