RE: DUBYA IN THE DUMPS

Bush looks burned-out.

Defeat will do that to you. The last President to fall apart this badly was Carter. Notice that Bush is starting a mouth "bi-partisanship" platitudes. He says he is willing to consider a tax increase and is actively offering to help raise the federal minimum wage. I would say his true colors are showing, but like his peer and political alter-ego, Bill Clinton, I don't believe Bush has any true colors.

Bush is purely and simply a product of spin. He was fine as long as he had the GOP mouthpieces in the punditry to back him and the GOP True Believers to gaze upon him with loving eyes. Now that most of them have been forced to admit that the emperor is stark naked, his cheering section is emptying out.

I don't believe the Democrats could have asked for any better situation. They will be in de facto control of the agenda for the next two years and as an added bonus, they have a lame duck scapegoat available for pinning any mistakes they might make. The skids are nicely greased for The Beast in Pants Suits to ascend to the Oval Office in 2008.