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...Bush administration certainly lost its reputation, as we saw clearly in the elections of 2006 and 2008. The administration’s opponents, who did their utmost to drag it down, now point to the result with unconcealed satisfaction, as if they were little innocents in the matter. But I do not believe that the American electorate turned against President Bush merely because they were misled by his opponents. They were misled by their own judgment. They thought him incompetent for starting an unnecessary war and then losing it; the problem was not that he acted illegally or wasn?...
...rule of law—after all, it makes the laws. The President—and there have been strong Presidents in both parties—tends to see the defects of law, since law is always easier to make than apply. Sometimes the President wins, as did Bush in 2004; sometimes he loses, as did Bush...
...International Monetary Fund. We also watched—with some concern—as growth forecasts in several important emerging markets, like China, dipped for the first time in decades. We encouraged American and European policymakers to take aggressive action to forestall the crisis, and were supportive of the Bush Administration’s financial rescue plan.Around Thanksgiving, we were truly horrified by the brutal and vicious terrorist attacks in Mumbai. We urged the Indian government to take a moderate line towards Pakistan, expressed our hope that the United States would support the Indian government’s anti-terrorism...
...Obama administration has successfully avoided big missteps thus far, but no political party is infallible. A watchful opposition that would suggest policy improvements is a crucial factor in making sure that the government works in the people’s best interests. Still mired in the failures of the Bush administration, however, the Republican party has been unable to offer anything like an appealing alternative to the Democratic vision. Hopefully, knowledgeable politicians of the Romney and Giuliani variety will fill this void soon. Republicans, we may not always understand you, but—for the sake of our democracy?...
...denied membership to applicants who are openly homosexual, but we hope that President Obama and Congress will overturn DADT in the near future so that ROTC can have a place on Harvard’s campus.Another hot topic in national politics this year was stem cell research. Under President Bush, the religious beliefs of a sector of the population had too great of an impact on scientific policy. Under Obama’s administration and with the backing of the current Congress, embryonic stem cell research is permitted to be publicly funded once more—a decision we wholeheartedly...