President George W. Bush Listens To His Iraq Policy Critics

A year ago President George W. Bush stood tall in the saddle, he corralled enough red states to credibly boast he had "political capital up the wazoo" (paraphrase).

But now, as a hapless lame-duck president, he should borrow the Democrat's mascot, and slouch on a donkey.

How the mighty and arrogant have fallen, Dubya has been reduced from declaring his grand ideas for his second term, to dealing with one blunder after another -- the result of his myopic vision.

President George W. Bush is so weakened and vulnerable that he is unable to pass his domestic agenda in a Republican-controlled Congress.

At this critical juncture in our history, with so many issues that need to be resolved, we can't afford the sad spectacle of watching Bush tread water for three years.

Both Republicans and Democrats need to come together in a spirit of bipartisanship and unity, and work together to solve the problems of Iraq and terrorism.

In a very welcome development, Bush invited critics of the Iraq war into the White House ,as well as former Cabinet secretaries, promising to "take to heart'' the advice he was given.

The meeting, included Colin Powell, secretary of State in Bush's first term, and Madeleine Albright, secretary of State under Democrat Bill Clinton.

Listening to the likes of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney has been a disaster for Bush, hopefully he will truly take to heart the recommendations of his critics.

I'm not a Republican, but for the good of the country, I hope that Bush will be able to stand tall in the saddle again.