It is also possible to find positive things that have occurred during the Bush administration at the behest of that administration. The State of the Oceans report that came out with it's findings this week is one of those things, and it was issued by a Bush appointed commission.

No Child Left Behind isn't a bad bill in it's essence (and I say that as an educator). The problem is it's reliance on student testing, and the fact that Bush and other Republicans (all the way down to Republican governorships) are playing that tired old game of pass the bill and gut the funding. No Child Left Behind could have been a real milestone in US public education which desperately needs reform. The Congressional Democrats are just as guilty as the Republicans for making such a mess of it.

The problems I'm having with the "Anybody But Bush" Democrats is they would have us throw out the baby with the bath water, and they aren't willing to leap on board anything that is positive coming out of Washington under this administration. Rather, they want to stick their heads in the sand, dig in their heels, and do even more damage by not cooperating with the positive things that happen in Washington, regardless of who is in the White House, and ignoring and doing nothing about the bad things happening.

That is exactly what they accused the Republicans of doing during the Clinton administration, and they were right. But committing two wrongs, in this case, not only doesn't make a right, but it hurts the nation.