[Billthedrill]

Those governments, including several Nato and EU members, itching to embarrass the Bush Administration, have now had to voice formulaic congratulations to cover their confusion.

Yeah, and it's killing them. I doubt the majority of them will ever recognize the truth of the matter - they're still insisting Reagan was wrong to deploy the Pershings twenty years ago.

[Cicero]

How long will it be before the media all claim that they predicted a successful election but that any succeeding problems are all Bush's fault?

The Times is not left-wing, but it was very negative about Bush and Iraq these past few months. Now they're dissociating themselves from the criticism they themselves were only too happy to express just a few days ago.