The American Spectator

br> — Carole /p> p> Outstanding. As usual, Mr. Tyrrell made a series of on-the-mark observations in a short piece. Bush is far from finished. The only thing that could — will — de-rail his presidency is abandonment by his party’s right. And that won’t happen unless he selects a moderate — even a John Roberts-type moderate — to replace O’Connor. Presidents who survive do so because they hold on to their base party support. It’s why Reagan and Clinton survived, and why Nixon and Carter didn’t. Bush ought to show his loyalty — and make the most historically significant Court nomination in history — by naming Janice Rogers Brown to the Court. She’s black, female, daughter of a Southern sharecropper, and attended Cal State-Sacramento and UCLA law school, instead of Stanford or Chicago or an Ivy League joint. She’d be the people’s choice on a Court soon to have 5 Harvard members and eight from Ivy schools. She’s the natural nominee of a principled, combative president — especially one who says he admires Clarence Thomas. br> — William G. Borges br> Malaysia /p> p> All this Bush bashing by so-called conservatives is, to say the least, disheartening. For me, it evokes unlikely image of a home team quarterback being booed by the boosters club while trying to save a close game. I think some linguine spines could learn a tad about loyalty from the Dems. Remember how they defended the INDEFENSIBLE during the late Clinton years? This president has faced some unprecedented challenges, and some of the magnitude that only a few presidents have faced, and for the most part, has performed admirably. With all this carping, I wonder if you would like to see him replaced, and if so, by whom? Try to imagine, if you can, ANY of the current presidential prospects being in similar circumstances and similarly trying times as these. In my opinion, the president’s biggest handicap, besides a lousy PR team, is the shortage of loyal republicans to do what he wont do for himself, and that is, defend him against incessant , and mostly unwarranted partisan attacks. Cut the man some slack! br> — H. Cannon br> Candler, North Carolina /p>

I know it’s hard for you to get the image of Bush with his arm around the fireman at ground zero out of your head, but give it up!

You are giving Bush entirely too much credit. He is not all that great of a politician. Yes, he did respond well to 9.11. But he pretty much erased that gain with Iraq, and is keeping himself down with Katrina…