08-16-2003, 07:24 AM
I'm not really a big fan of Dubya Bush myself, but laying aside my amateur judgements regarding his faculties and abilities for a moment I do kind of wonder how much blame or praise lays with *any* president for the actions of his administration. I imagine that a lot of the analysis, planning and implementation of policy falls to the people surrounding the president -- is it really acurate to say "Ronald Reagan did this" or "Bush senior did this"? I know the president has a great deal of clout, but I wonder how much his cabinet actually effects things? Just a thought.