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Taking inventory: A national 12-step program

President Bush has become what he said he would be, a uniter: both conservatives and liberals are united in thinking that he has taken the country off track. In what seems to be a protracted lame-duck period for the president, pundits are already speculating about the post-Bush era. Newsweek published a cover essay titled “After Bush: How to Restore America’s Place in the World.” Harper’s Magazine held a symposium called “Undoing Bush: How to Repair Eight Years of Sabotage, Bungling, and Neglect.”

Carter's criticism of Bush draws reactions: Huckabee withdraws from New Baptist Covenant engagement

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has canceled plans to speak at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration next January because of organizer Jimmy Carter’s recent criticism of President Bush. The Democratic ex-president later softened his evaluation of Bush after Huckabee and other Republicans decried Carter’s denunciation of Bush’s White House performance.