Two more reasons why George Bush reminds me of Richard Nixon more and more every day:

• His aides pressured an ailing and hospitalized Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2004 to sign off on a domestic-eavesdropping plan that the Justice Department believed was illegal. (I never thought it was possible to make Ashcroft a hero, but Bush & Co. proved me wrong.)

• Bush has nominated a National Association of Manufacturers’ lobbyist to serve on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which will enforce laws against members of his old association. Plus, Bush will let the appointee, Michael Baroody, take a special $150,000 payment from the association when he takes the government job.

This may also explain why Bush’s approval ratings get closer and closer to Nixon’s nadir.

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