100 Down, Only 1361 to Go: In Early Battles, Bush Learns Need for Compromises. Li’l George has given himself high marks at the hundred-day milepost, and has been praised for moderation and compromising on such issues as taxation and spending. New York Times But, hello, could it be more a function of having less legitimacy and mandate than any other sitting President and realizing that he may have a hard time getting through any of the polemical (and polarizing) policy he promised in an unsuccessful attempt to court his electoral constituency? Incidentally, as I predicted, he’s using his intellectual limitations as an asset, endearing himself to a public relieved rather than concerned at having a lightweight in office.