[Huck]

I polled my wife on recent events. She is an interesting test case, because she barely pays attention to politics, and we pretty much don't talk about it much.

Question One: Do you know where President Bush was this past week?

Answer: In Africa.

#2: What was he doing there?

A: Fighting AIDS.

Any other stories this week in Washington?

A: Something about building nukes. Some chemical.

What about it?

Trying to determine if uranium was used to create a weapon in Iraq.

What was the significance of the story?

Nothing. It's stupid.

So, if there are more folks out there like my wife, regular, non policial types, then the White House is fine. It's a Beltway story, with legs because a liberal press latched on to it.

[ConservativeDude]

i tend to agree with that analysis. i think my wife would chime in similarly.

having said that, i'm not sure that this wasn't a pretty big screw up, objectively, by the admin. we'll probably survive politically, but as a matter of statesmanship...i'm not sure this was a realy winner. thoughts?

[WKB]

It must be nice to have a wife you get to tell something every now and then.