Rove sees a presidency clouded by the way it began.
"There were people who never accepted the legitimacy
of George W. Bush and acted accordingly," he said.
For now, that's the Bushies' story, and they're sticking to it.
"The political atmosphere was toxic from the beginning,"
McKinnon said. "And then 9/11 intervened, and that changed
the presidency forever."
"It was different because of the recount. It was different even
before he was sworn in than we thought it would be," McKinnon
said.