Mr. Bush has shown no interest in bipartisanship
he offered up a tepid menu of ideas
a health insurance notion that would make only a tiny dentpromises about cutting oil consumption with barely a word about global warming
lip service about immigration reform on which he has failed to deliver.
Always, he failed to deliver.He did not even mention New Orleans.
Tax cuts that have turned a budget surplus into a big deficit
education reform that has been badly managed and underfinanced
far-right judges with scant qualifications
the dismantling of regulations in order to benefit corporationsTriumph of ideology over science
civil liberties and the constitutional balance have been trampledA president determined to assert ever more power.
47 million people in this country who don’t have health insurance.
a new tax on Americans lucky enough to have good health-care
permanent increase in the size of the Army and Marines.
Iraq’s spiral.It’s not just up to him anymore.
There was a big change last night
Say what you will about the flaws and shortcomings of the two-party system.
After six years of the Bush presidency, at least we know it’s a lot better than the one-party system.Excerpted from the New York Times editorial, January 24, 2007