I think George W. Bush's political success can be primarily attributed to his association with the lunatic right, and as it turns out, they are tougher than the mob.
    See, his problems started when he forgot who exactly it was that was really in charge. He thought, and I can understand his mistake, he is PRESIDENT AFTER ALL, but he thought that he ran things.
    You see, a very long time ago W. made a deal. He wanted to be president, but was wildly under qualified. In order to bridge that gap, he promised the loony, fanatical, ideologues on the far, far right of his party that he would give them all the crazy things that they wanted, if they would in turn allow him the use their arsenal of dirty tricks. So they did. They destroyed anyone who challenged him, lied and stole and slandered, and won him the office he wanted. They brought him power through fear, religious guilt, and a total willingness to do whatever was needed, tell anyone anything they wanted to hear, in order to get their support. And it worked. It always works.
     But his success came at a hefty price. He can't have the Supreme Court justice he wants because they won't let him. She's not crazy enough. They put him in the situation his is in, and they will MAKE him deliver on his promises. When he put his friend Harriet Myers up for the seat, they decided that she wasn't going to give them what they wanted, so they tore her to pieces. They didn't care that it wasn't what Bush wanted because they don't care about him. They tore the unity the Republican Party had developed to pieces, because they don't care about Republicans either. They are interested only in their agenda. The wolverines just attack who ever it is that stands in their way. Even if it's Bush.
    His government won't function because everybody close to him is about to go to jail, due to all the lying and slandering. He had to be corrupt and associate with corrupt people to get where he wanted, and now that corruption has made it impossible for him to function. He can't enjoy what hes been given, because what's left of him is so weak, and so beholden to the wolverines, that he has to spend all his time giving them what they want. It's like he's restaurant owner who borrowed money from the mob to save his failing business, then after struggling to pay the payments discovers that it's not really his business anymore. He sold it the moment he took the mob's money. The best he can hope for is to be eaten quickly by the wolverines when the last payment comes due.