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Originally Posted by Nephythys
On top of that the mistake would be with his own base-not the left. I have already seen anger at the resignation of Rumsfeld. Some feel that Bush lied to them- and is a traitor to the right. If he had bailed on Bolton without even trying it would have been worse.
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So you're advocating party before country? Appease the base, don't worry about what the electorate feels is the right direction for the country?
I wouldn't call anything a mandate. But in the context of Bush calling his re-election a mandate, what happened this week is comparatively a violent military coup.