Power Play

September, 2006

When political scientists in the future compile their lists of America's weak and strong presidents, George W. Bush, whatever his other achievements or failings, will inevitably be judged among those who, for better or worse, thoroughly dominated the politics of the day. But despite what one may think of the president's various proposals, it is not Bush's policies but how he came to be so powerful that should most worry us.The president has taken the nation into two significant wars, reshaped Am...