President Bush will likely have as much initial success following the post-presidency tradition as he has in the White House (that is, not much). But the lame duck’s recent push to procure a positive legacy will continue into his post-presidential days. In order to follow the path of other former presidents (lucrative speaking engagements and book deals), Bush must combat some of history’s lowest presidential approval ratings.
“Bush and his handlers are mapping out this phase of the president's post-White House years. Plans are well under way for a "Freedom Institute" that will aim to promote democracies abroad”…"This is going to be Bush's vision." David Brinkley, a presidential historian at Rice University said of the institute. "Bush has never liked the academics, and this is a nonacademic institute aimed at cutting to the core of things: only pro-democracy foot soldiers who are green-lit by George and Laura Bush are in the mix."
Regardless of how the institute shapes his reputation, Bush’s legacy, like that of the wartime presidents before him, will largely be judged on the success of the war he began.
“"This president's low approval rating is overwhelmingly connected to Iraq. It will rise and fall depending what turns out to be the history of that country and that part of the world," said Stephen Hess, a former Eisenhower aide and a scholar at the conservative Brookings Institution. "That really is what his legacy for future historians is all about."”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/05/bush.post.presidency/index.html
“Bush and his handlers are mapping out this phase of the president's post-White House years. Plans are well under way for a "Freedom Institute" that will aim to promote democracies abroad”…"This is going to be Bush's vision." David Brinkley, a presidential historian at Rice University said of the institute. "Bush has never liked the academics, and this is a nonacademic institute aimed at cutting to the core of things: only pro-democracy foot soldiers who are green-lit by George and Laura Bush are in the mix."
Regardless of how the institute shapes his reputation, Bush’s legacy, like that of the wartime presidents before him, will largely be judged on the success of the war he began.
“"This president's low approval rating is overwhelmingly connected to Iraq. It will rise and fall depending what turns out to be the history of that country and that part of the world," said Stephen Hess, a former Eisenhower aide and a scholar at the conservative Brookings Institution. "That really is what his legacy for future historians is all about."”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/05/bush.post.presidency/index.html
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