It's All Political

Bush's political team is faltering, as anyone with an iota of analytical skill can tell you, as the President's approval ratings sink and his agenda is stalled in the Congress. Not only is his legislative vision being blinded by the sand of "checks and balances," the American public has lost faith in the Administration's announcements about Iraq. Congressional Republicans, a group generally not regarded as "in touch with reality", are coming to realize a painful conclusion: The President's Social Security plan has crumbled.

Donald Rumsfeld held a press conference today and declared that it will be up to Iraqis to defeat the Insurgency and that it might just last over a decade. Doesn't he realize that it's in its last throes, as declared by no less an authority than Vice President Cheney?

The Washington Post wants to know if Bill Frist is "up to task of being President", a question whose answer is an unequivocal "NO". Of course, George W. Bush is the most unqualified man to ever be nominated for President and that didn't stop the Republicans from nominating him, did it?

Two quickies: Senator George Allen has started testing the water in New Hampshire and, in this column, Robert Novak refers to Sandra Day O'Conner's husband as an "invalid." Classy.