I take it the Times sees this as a Bush Failure instead of the fact that there are 3 absolutely unbending Liberals, a 90% Liberal and one who's trying to wear Sandra Day's skirt.
Not to be an apologist for the NYT, but the article does seem (after the initial blatherings) to be written in fairness. At least it struck me that way, but I am a former liberal and a former NYT subscriber, so perhaps I have some left over bias. I don't believe so, but .........