] But it was in the second part of the interview that
] things, to my mind, unraveled. Bush offered no compelling
] rationale for reelecting him. He offered excuses on the
] economy; and, on the critical matter of the country's
] fiscal health, he seemed scarily out of touch.
] ...
] if this is the level of coherence, grasp of reality,
] and honesty that is really at work in his understanding
] of domestic fiscal policy, then we are in even worse
] trouble than we thought.

[ A strikingly similar analysis of Bush's Meet the Press interview to my own. The key difference is that this is Andrew Sullivan, a traditional Bush apologist, if not supporter. The republican base is foundering on the issue of the economy. This is our opening, unless by some magical chance, the US creates 10 million jobs and the debt mysteriously vanishes in the next 6 months. -k]