I read Lincoln Chafee’s account of GWB’s first tax cut, and it’s completely unsurprising. I remember the battle. I remember how less than nine months into his presidency, he was already being considered a failure. It was clear that that the tax cuts were irrational and dangerous. Even his foreign policy was suspect as seen in “Time’s” September 10, 2001 issue.
If 9/11 never happened, he would have been a one termer and we wouldn’t be in Iraq. Still in a recession though.