Bush on the Ropes
President Bush has been meeting with scholars and historians to try to figure out what's happened to his presidency, according to the Washington Post.
Not generally known for intellectual curiosity, Bush is seeking out those who are, engaging in a philosophical exploration of the currents of history that have swept up his administration. ..."You don't get any feeling of somebody crouching down in the bunker," said Irwin M. Stelzer, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who was part of one group of scholars who met with Bush. "This is either extraordinary self-confidence or out of touch with reality. I can't tell you which."
But if you're self-confident and wrong, is there a meaningful difference?