Possible for Bush to be regarded as a great president?

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Tex

Once again, I disagree. I doubt he'll experience a Truman resurgence, though if Iraq and Afghanistan transform over the next decade, it's possible.

Likely 50 years from now he'll be viewed as a very average president.

Tex, I don't see Bush being really average. He'll either be admired or really disliked, probably the latter, but nothing in between. His distinguishing feature was he was an idealogue who didn't govern from the middle, but from his ideological base. That's rare and not something people will be blah about. Was Herbert Hoover average? I think that's the best he can hope for.