I have no regrets for having made that decision and helping the President
to win a second term. Today, according to the most recent CNN/Opinion Research
Corp. survey, "71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is
handling his job as President, an all-time high in polling." His position can be
compared with that of Harry Truman who left Washington unpopular and alone in
1953. Today, with the passage of time, most historians and certainly the
American people, see Truman in a different light, primarily for his willingness
to stand firm against Soviet aggression, whether against Greece or South Korea,
and proclaim the Truman Doctrine, effectively defending the free world from
Soviet efforts to expand their hegemony. Like Truman, George W. Bush, in my
view, will be seen as one of the few world leaders who recognized the danger of
Islamic terrorism and was willing with Tony Blair to stand up to it and not
capitulate.