The shilly-shallying performance on domestic issues that has marked Bush's first two years in office is not the result of ineptitude.
disapproval If you say that someone is shilly-shallying, you disapprove of the fact that they are hesitating when they should make a decision. It's time for Brooke to stop shilly-shallying. = dither. to waste time or take too long to make a decision (shall I?; probably influenced by dilly-dally)