Bush whacked

摘要

You will be a one-term president, Senator Jim Jeffords told President George Bush when he bolted from the Republican Party, turning control of the Senate over to the Democrats. This parting rebuke is not a self-fulfilling prophecy. But it raises a disturbing possibility for Mr Bush: that the tax bill passed two days after Mr Jeffords jumped could be the high point of his presidency. If Mr Bush isn't careful, he risks being remembered for the tax cut (itself deeply flawed), a largely Democratic education bill, some rattled allies and three years of political torture at the hands of a Democratic Senate.