January 21st, back to basics

Here we are on the evening of January 20th. There is a certain euphoria amongst all Republicans, myself included. Our guy, George W. Bush, has taken his second oath of office. Hope fills our horizon. But I'm going to be the party pooper who begins the hangover. Tomorrow we revert to politics as usual. In fact, expect it to be worse than usual. Democrats know that if four years from now there are whispers about this being a great presidency, then they are almost doomed in '08. They are going to be doing everything in their power to bring down this President. They are undoubtedly going to try to slap some sort of scandal onto his Presidency. Quick, name the last two term President who didn't have a major scandal tossed at him in his second term. If you said Dwight Eisenhower, you would be correct. There has been a lot of speculation as to why second terms never seem to pan out the way they were intended, and one of the least played reasons is that the political opposition sees it as essential to destroy a second term President. If that President gives them a reason, they'll do it, too. I'd actually say that this may be a weakness of Presidential term limits. A second term President is like a game of whack-a-mole. The opposition can pound away without having to fear facing this person in an election again. The great Presidents can rise above the politics and leave a long term, positive mark on the United States and the world. The average or bad Presidents are consumed by it. We shall soon see which George W. Bush is. I'm betting on great, but I know that there are a lot of people who disagree with me, and they are going to be doing everything in their power to ensure it.