capital on the war. not only did plummeting support for the war erode the ability to drive the second-term agenda but overreached. the efforts on immigration reform collapsed under the weight of the other issues. the administration bungled the response to hurricane katrina and of course relations with congress soured to the point that when bush nominated meyers to the supreme court, republicans didn t even fall in line. many conservatives privately and publicly called her unqualified. bush was forced to withdraw the nomination. in december 2008, shortly before leaving office, the job approval rating sunk to miserable 27%. congress was a thorn in the side of second-term presidents. it s a question of whether president obama forges a closer working relationship with congress this time around and then the second-term scandal. clinton dom natded and ended after a year because lewinski scandal began. congressional investigation and