Bush can’t persuade people to save money on drugs. He spends more traveling, trying to get the elderly to sign up for Medicare Part Duh, than anyone will ever save, but he refuses to extend the deadline. He says the program needs to be complicated so a person “can tailor a plan to meet his [...]

Bush blew it again. He cut his loss with Goss, but chose controversy to replace him. One of Rummy’s generals may scare away any civilian spooks who survived Porter’s pogrom. And confirmation hearings give Congress another chance to work over the wizard of warrantless wiretaps.

Now that Goss has driven away whatever talent the CIA had left Bush accepted his resignation. Whether that happened before or after it was offered doesn’t matter. He’s the first mistake Bush fixed.

Bush sends Congress emergency spending bills for his three-year-old wars, then has a fit when senators add earmarks for their own pet projects. He may not pay attention to polls, but they do. The fall election is the only emergency they see, and earmarks are the best tools they have to use.

Republicans can’t agree on how to fix illegal immigration or reduce gas prices, but they have no problem extending tax breaks on dividends and capital gains. It’s a matter of vision – they can see what their supporters want, and they will give it to them while they have the votes to push it through. [...]

Majority Leader Frist may withdraw his party’s offer to send everyone a check for $100 to help pay for gas. Many voters thought it was a silly idea, but the real problem was oil companies balked at the tax required to pay for it.

Marching immigrants must be illegal. That’s why they need amnesty. Dare we hope Iraq reaching a turning point means Bush won’t stay the course?