It's over. The formalities will not be complete until January and the inauguration, but the era of George W Bush has passed. Launched with hubristic conviction, it ends strangely, as though an eerie silence has settled over the White House and its forgotten tenant. The fair-weather friends have quit the ship. His party has no further use for "the most powerful man in the world". No-one wants to know.
It's over. The formalities will not be complete until January and the inauguration, but the era of George W Bush has passed. Launched with hubristic conviction, it ends strangely, as though an eerie silence has settled over the White House and its forgotten tenant.
