"One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, let's all be friends in Washington philosophy"

The quote by Pete du Pont is a criticism of the Bush administration's technique to politics. He believes that the Bush administration stopped working to make meaningful changes to the political system and instead selected to preserve the status quo. He believes that the Bush administration's "make a deal with the Democrats, let's all be friends in Washington" approach was a tragedy since it did not result in any genuine progress. He believes that the Bush administration need to have taken a more aggressive position and pushed for real change. He thinks that the Bush administration's method was too passive and did not cause any real development. He thinks that the Bush administration ought to have taken a more active function in pushing for significant change in the political system. He believes that the Bush administration's method was a tragedy since it did not cause any genuine progress.