Bush's Friend Rubin

The naivete of Bush even surprises me on occasion... :-)

By Robert Novak
Real Clear Politics

WASHINGTON -- It was harsh enough when former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin last weekend called on fellow Democrats to reject President Bush's proposed bipartisan commission on curbing runaway entitlements. It was all the more stinging because six weeks earlier, at a private White House dinner, Bush had made a personal appeal for Rubin's help on the project...

Is Rubin's slap in the face enough to convince the president that seeking prominent Democrats on bipartisan commissions at this point in history is a fool's errand?