cozumel

So this time next year the US will have a new president. Personally, from a European perspective, I hope the elctorate chooses a Democrat and preferably Barrack 'Hussein' Obama.

With Bush having lost control of Congress and effectively unable to drive any policy forward his legacy is already in place. Democrats are too busy fighting each other to mention him and Republicans are too fearful of his record and avoid being associated with him.

Oliver Stone is to release a biopic movie and Bush is unlikely to be given positive treatment given Stone's record of liberal sympathies. Jacob Wesiberg's recent book titled "The Bush Tragedy" talks of the president's 'historic downfall' and paints a portraint of disaster. Another book coming out in March titled "Reagan's Disciple: Bush's Troubled Quest for a Legacy" by two Washington reporters tells of a man who failed to live up to Republican party expectations.

Will the War in Iraq, high oil prices, hurricane Katrina (and the almost racist treatment of the poor black New Orleans community) and attitude towward the environment and global warming mean the conclusion will be of Bush as an unmitigated disaster? Or will Bush's decisions on taxes and the appoinment of conservative judges mean he will be remembered with positivity and warmth by most Americans?

I think you probably know my view, but what do you guys (mostly US citizens) reckon?

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