He lied to Congress about the cost. Gave most benefits to drug companies. Let private insurers get the action. Made it so complicated seniors will need millions in advertising to understand it. The President’s Medicare drug program – sure to keep Republican donors healthy.

The Bush EPA thinks air will seem clean if you don’t check it – like the house did until Mom arrived with her white glove. A rule-change tried to prevent states from requiring more monitoring when refineries, power plants and factories renewed permits, but the Court of Appeals reversed it, saying EPA couldn’t “pull a [...]

Bush is mired in more ways than one. His last speech about the war in Iraq suggests he knows less about winning that than picking judges or imigration cops. Since he puts so much confidence in folks he knows, perhaps he should send crony Rumsfeld to Iraq full time – plant him firmly in the [...]

Bush nominee, Harriet Miers, fills his loyal supporters with fright. They expect a far right ideologue, and are ready for a fight. Instead he proposes a mystery who resembles Betty White. Asked to trust his judgment, they react as Democrats might.

Republicans and insurance companies had a lot in common – contributions, influence and a lack of confidence that global warming was real. Then Katrina convinced insurers they might have a financial stake. They may have taken risks without charging large enough premiums.

A trail-blazing crony may be a perfect choice for a cowboy who’s almost falling off his horse. Harriet Miers is not exciting, and won’t give Bush polls a boost, but she won’t drag his numbers down. Given the President’s recent record picking a judge with none, may be his best decision in many months.

As an ex-exterminator Tom DeLay finds a new technicality to attempt to kill each new pesty accusation, but somehow there are always more. When he made an honest living his poisons often stopped working because the bugs became immune. Laws may have the same success.

Congress accused the generals of sugar-coating the war, but it wasn’t enough for the Bush folks. They sent the same troops to attack the Sunday talk shows with frosting to add to their confection. Do Republicans really think different people watch Meet the Press than Congressional hearings or interviews with irate senators? They seem to [...]

Republicans are in disarray and it’s not just Tom DeLay, Katrina, Iraq, and $3.00 gas all cause almost endless flak. Fortunately Bush can pick a judicial nominee Democrats will hate and distract his base with a vicious partisan debate.