President Bush is a total failure...

I, too, am a registered republican and proud of it. I've heard so much talk in the news (which I tend to only half listen to because of the biased nature of the reporting) about republicans swinging to the side of the democrats, agreeing with the dems assessment of the current administration. I decided to post this to weigh the opinions of the republicans and democrats alike myself. I think Pelosi is a major part of the problem with the lack of teamwork in Congress and the constant delays in getting bills put through, unless of course the republicans and the president agree with all the special interest b.s. attached to them. And you're right, Congress must agree with most everything the president proposes to do in order for him to be able to do it. I find it funny that they point the finger at him when doling out blame, and yet in reality most of them voted "yes" to the very things they're now blaming him for.

I agree. Pelosi was way out of line with the comments she made. If she wants to direct blame she needs to take a look at the fact that it requires a majority vote by Congress to do just about anything, and she and her party have voted "yes" to nearly all of the things they're now blaming the republicans and president for. I agree, too, that they have failed to live up to the promises they made to the people. They've spent far too much time bashing the president and the republicans, playing the blame game for the sake of their candidates in the upcoming election, and far too little time doing the work that "we the people" elected them to do. It's a shame!

The policies that President Bush has created have been voted on and approved by the Congress...he doesn't pass them himself. This is the part that I find so frustrating...Congress approves these bills and policies, then bashes Bush for them as if he were the only one who had anything to do with it.

Until 2007 Bush had a majority in Congress so he had no problem getting what he wanted from them, plus he told a lot of lies and used the "fear card" every chance he got. He also used the signing statement more often than all past Presidents combined. Even since the Democrats took over the majority they don't have a large enough margin to really do anything. This is not to say that I don't have a problem with Congress as well, I just think as far as Presidents go Bush makes a good oil man. Annie

I agree she has been quite ineffective in her role. She hasn't even begun to resolve any of the partisan quarreling. If anything I believe it has increased since she took her post. It's an absolute shame that the people we have elected to help run our country behave more like a school room full of kindergartners, bickering and whining, throwing tantrums and calling names. It doesn't do much to set an example for our young people, does it? Thanks for your reply!

Very well said KennyRose! I can't think of a thing to add to what you've said other than I wish the government would take the time to really listen to what people have to say and what people really think of their performance. I mean, after all, we are their employers, are we not? Shouldn't we have the opportunity to tell them what we really think of their performance and then set a timetable for them to improve their performance or they run the risk of being "fired" (and I don't mean wait until the next election...in the "real" world we often aren't given more than 30 days to improve our job performance or we'll be fired). Thanks for your response!

It's especially hard to fire them when there are so many that are so incompetent. In California it was easy to fire the governor because he stood alone as the useless governor of that state and they were able to quickly vote in Arnold.