Froomkin: [1]
A defensive President Bush insisted that he was still relevant this morning in a news conference dominated by his bitter complaints about the Democratic Congress.
Asked how he found himself vetoing a children’s health insurance bill that had passed Congress with bipartisan support, Bush insisted that using a veto is “one way to ensure I am relevant.”
When a reporter followed up and asked Bush if he felt he was losing leverage and relevance, Bush replied: “I’ve never felt more engaged and more capable of getting the American people to realize there’s a lot of unfinished business.”
Which, let’s be blunt, is hard to believe.
Oh, I think you can believe him.
If the President wasn’t relevant, wouldn’t Pelosi and Reid have gotten out of the starting blocks on their agende by now?
BBCT: Memeorandum [2]